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OF  SEPARATION   BETWEEN 


ST.  Louis  CITY  AND  COUNTY 


AND    THE 


CHARTER 


OF   THE 


CITY  OF  ST.  LOUIS, 


WITH  ALL  AMENDMENTS  AND  MODIFICATIONS  TO  MAY  1,  1902,  AND 

CONSTITUTIONAL  PROVISIONS  SPECIALLY  APPLICABLE 

TO  THE  CITY  OF  ST.   Louis. 


COMPILED   BY   CHAS.  W.  BATES,    CITY   COUNSELOR,    PURSUANT   TO   ORDI- 
NANCE 20,551,  AND  PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY  OF 
THE  CITY  OF  ST.  LOUIS. 


ST.  LOUIS,  MO.: 

WOODWARD  &  TIERNAN  PRINTING  Co. 
1902. 


• 


DEDICATED   TO 

WALTER   B.   DRYDEN, 

THE    NESTOR   OF   THE    LAW    DEPARTMENT    OF   THE   CITY    OF 

ST.    LOUIS,    TO    WHOSE    PAINSTAKING   CARE    AND 

ACCURACY     IS     DUE    WHATEVER    MERIT 

THIS  PUBLICATION  MAY  POSSESS. 


CONTENTS. 


PAGE. 

SCHEME 5 

CITY  CHARTER. 

ART. 

I    Corporate  Powers,  Boundaries  and  Wards 25 

II    Election  and  Registration 39 

III  Legislative  Department 40 

IV  Executive  and  Administrative  Department 58 

V    Revenue  and  Taxation 78 

VI    Public  Improvements— Street  Openings / 91 

VII     Water  Works , 120 

VIII    Public  Parks 125 

IX    Harbor  and  Wharf  Department 128 

X    Street  Railroads 131 

XI    Fire  Department 133 

XII    Health  Department 135 

XIII  Schools 141 

XIV  Sinking  Fund 143 

XV    Public  Printing 145 

XVI    Miscellaneous  Provisions  ...  147 


APPENDIX. 
Provisions  of  Constitution  in  reference  to  Scheme  and  Charter 155 


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SCH  EM 


FOR  THE 


SEPAKATION  AND  KE-ORGANIZATION 


OF  THE  GOVERNMENTS  OF  THE 


CITY  AND  COUNTY  OF  ST,  LOUIS 


AND  THE  ADJUSTMENT  OF  THEIR  RELATIONS. 


SECTION. 

1.  Boundaries.     Territory    of    new 

county. 

2.  City   and    county   declared    sepa- 

rated ;  authority  of  County 
Court  annulled. 

3.  Election  of  officers  for  St.  Louis 

County  ;  judicial  and  represen- 
tative districts  established ; 
county  seat. 

4.  Present    County    Court    to   order 

election  in  November,  1876 ; 
duties  and  responsibilities  of 
Court  in  connection  with  sep- 
aration. 

5.  Election  of  Sheriff,  Coroner  and 

Public  Administrator  for  city  ; 
duties  and  compensation. 

6.  City    Marshal    to   assume    duties 

of  former   County   Marshal. 

7.  Sheriff   of   County    ex-officio   Col- 

lector ;  Clerk  of  County  ex- 
officio  Recorder ;  present  Re- 
corder continued  in  office. 


SECTION. 

8.  Assessment     and     collection     of 

taxes  under  Scheme  ;  duties  of 
Collector  and  Treasurer  as  to 
moneys  ;  uncollected  tax  bills  ; 
office  of  County  Auditor  abol- 
ished. 

9.  County  Court  to  transfer  public 

buildings,  moneys,  etc.,  to  city  ; 
Mayor  may  retain  or  discharge 
appointees  of  Court. 

10.  Title  to   public  buildings,   parks, 

&c.,  transferred  to  city ;  as- 
sumption of  county  debt  by 
city. 

11.  Municipal    Assembly    to     provide 

for  payment  of  county  debt. 

12.  City    officers    to    qualify    under 

Charter ;  election  of  Municipal 
Assembly ;  city  offices  to  be 
filled  in  April,  1877. 

13.  Board    of    Finance    and    its    du- 

ties ;  term  of  County  Treas- 
urer to  cease,  when ;  tax  col- 


SCHEME. 


SECTION. 

lections  for  school  purposes ; 
debts  due  county  payable  to 
city. 

14.  Metropolitan   Police. 

35.  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  Con- 
stables ;  bonds  of  Constables 
and  Notaries. 

16.  City  and  County  Surveyors. 

17.  Notaries   Public. 

18.  Powers   of    Sheriff   of    city ;    du- 

ties of  City  Marshal ;  powers 
of  Sheriff  of  county. 

19.  Judges    of    Election    for    Novem- 

ber,   1876 ;    returns,    &c. 

20.  Public  officers  to  assist  in  carry- 

ing out  Scheme. 

21.  City    may    hold    real    estate    in 

county. 

22.  Salaries  of  judicial  officers. 

23.  Tax  bills  on  property  intersected 

by  city  limits. 

24.  Authority    of    Municipal    Assem- 

bly. 

25.  Admissions   to    Poor    House,    In- 

sane   Asylum,    &c. 

26.  Prosecuting        Attorneys        and 

Clerks  of  Eighth  Judicial  Dis- 
trict continued  in  office. 


SECTION. 

27.  Grand    Jury ;    how    selected   and 

summoned. 

28.  Grand  Jury ;  how  paid. 

29.  Costs  in  criminal  cases. 

30.  Petit   Jurors;   how   selected   and 

summoned  ;  Jury  Commissioner 
continued  in  office. 

31.  Petit  Jurors  ;   how   paid. 

32.  Collections     payable     into     City 

Treasury ;  payments  into 
County  Treasury ;  appropria- 
tions by  Municipal  Assembly. 

33.  Powers    of    former    County    Col- 

lector vested  in  Sheriff  of 
county. 

34.  Authority  of  Municipal  Assembly 

as  to  revenue. 

35.  Regulations   as    to   animals   run- 

ning at  large. 

36.  School    Districts    intersected    by 

city   limits. 

37.  School    property    transferred    to 

St.  Louis  Public  Schools. 

38.  Enumeration   of   children   within 

school  ages ;  division  of  school 
property. 

39.  Expenses     of     Board     of     Free- 

holders. 


The  following  Scheme  for  the  separation  of  the  governments 
of  St.  Louis  City  and  County,  the  definition  of  the  boundaries 
of  said  city  as  enlarged,  the  reorganization  of  the  government 
of  said  county,  and  the  adjustment  of  the  relations  between 
said  city  and  county  so  that  they  shall  hereafter  be  independent 
of  each  other,  is  hereby  adopted  as  the  organic  law  thereof. 

SECTION  I.  The  boundaries  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  are 
hereby  enlarged,  settled  and  established  as  follows : 

The  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  comprise 
all  that  district  of  country  situated  in  the  County  of  St.  Louis 
and  State  of  Missouri,  to-wit:  Beginning  at  a  point  in  the 
middle  of  the  main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  river,  and  run- 
ning thence  westwardly  at  right  angle  to  said  channel,  to  a 
point  on  the  west  bank  of  said  river  200  feet  south  of  the 
center  of  the  mouth  of  the  River  des  Peres ;  thence  westwardly 
and  parallel  to  the  center  of  the  River  des  Peres,  and  200  feet 


SCHEME.  7 

south  thereof,  to  the  eastern  line  of  the  Lemay  Ferry  road; 
thence  westwardly  to  a  point  in  the  west  line  of  said  Lemay 
Ferry  road  at  its  intersection  with  the  center  of  the  Weber 
road ;  thence  westwardly  along-  the  center  of  the  Weber  road 
to  its  intersection  of  the  east  line  of  lot  (i)  of  the  Caron- 
delet  Commons,  south  of  the  River  des  Peres ;  thence  west- 
wardly to  the  southeast  corner  of  Rudolph  Overman's,  or 
northeast  corner  of  B.  H.  Haar's  land ;  thence  westwardly 
to  said  Haar's  northwest  corner;  thence  northwestwardly  to 
a  point  in  the  center  of  the  Gravois  road  (600)  six  hundred 
feet  southwardly  from  the  center  of  the  bridge  across  trie  River 
des  Peres ;  thence  northwestwardly  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
lot  (31)  thirty-one  of  the  subdivision  of  the  Mackenzie  tract  in 
United  States  Survey  1,953  ;  thence  northwestwardly  in  continu- 
ance of  said  last  mentioned  line  to  the  southern  line  of  lot 
twenty-one  (21)  of  the  subdivision  of  the  said  Mackenzie 
tract ;  thence  northwestwardly  to  a  point  in  the  southern  line  of 
United  States  Survey  2,035  twenty-six  (26)  chains  eastward 
from  the  southwest  corner  of  said  survey ;  thence  northwardly 
to  a  point  in  the  north  line  of  the  subdivision  of  East  Laclede, 
(600)  feet  west  of  tEe  McCausland  road;  thence  northwardly 
and  parallel  to  the  center  of  the  McCausland  road,  to  a  point 
on  the  Clayton  road  (600)  six  hundred  feet  west  of  its  inter- 
section with  the  McCausland  road;  thence  northwardly  and 
parallel  with  the  Skinker  road,  and  (600)  six  hundred  feet 
west  thereof,  to  its  intersection  with  the  old  Bonhomme  road ; 
thence  northeastwardly  to  the  intersection  of  the  center  lines 
of  McLaren  avenue  and  Mead  street;  thence  in  a  northeast- 
wardly direction  to  a  point  in  the  Bellefontaine  road  (600) 
six  hundred  feet  north  of  its  intersection  with  the  Columbia 
Bottom  road ;  thence  northwardly  and  parallel  with  center  line 
of  the  Columbia  Bottom  road  to  the  northern  boundary  line  of 
United  States  Survey  number  (114)  one  hundred  and  four- 
teen ;  thence  eastwardly  along1  said  line  to  the  center  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  river ;  thence  with  the  meander- 
ings  of  said  channel  southwardly  to  the  point  of  beginning ; 
and  the  residue  of  what  now  constitutes  the  County  of  St. 
Louis  shall  hereafter  be  called  St.  Louis  County. 

SEC.  2.     The  City  of  St.  Louis,  as  described  in  the  preced- 
ing section,  and  the  residue  of  St.  Louis  County,  as  said  county 


8  SCHEME. 

is  now  constituted  by  law,  are  hereby  declared  to  be  distinct 
and  separate  municipalities,  and  all  authority  heretofore  ex- 
ercised by  the  County  Court  of  St.  Louis  County,  or  any  officer 
of  said  county,  is  hereby  forever  abrogated  and  annulled, 
except  for  the  purposes  and  in  the  cases  as  hereinafter  provided. 
SEC.  3.  At  the  general  election  for  State  and  other  officers, 
on  the  Tuesday  next  following  the  first  Monday  in  November, 
1876,  and  every  two  years  thereafter,  there  shall  be  elected 
officers  for  St.  Louis  County,  as  follows :  A  Sheriff,  who  shall 
be  ex-ofhcio  Collector,  Coroner,  Assessor,  Treasurer, — a  Clerk 
of  the  County  Court,  who  shall  be  ex-ofhtio  Recorder  of  Deeds — 
they  shall  hold  their  offices  for  the  term  of  two  years,  and  shall 
perform  such  duties  as  are  now  provided  by  law  for  such 
officers,  until  their  successors  are  duly  elected  and  qualified; 
also,  a  Public  Administrator,  who  shall  be  elected  at  said  elec- 
tion, and  every  four  years  thereafter,  and  shall  hold  his  office 
for  four  years,  and  perform  the  duties  now  prescribed  by  law. 
There  shall  also  be  elected  at  said  election  three  Justices  of  the 
County  Court,  who  shall  constitute  the  County  Court  of  said 
county,  and  their  powers,  duties  and  terms  of  office  shall  be  as 
defined  and  governed  by  the  general  law  at  present  applying 
to  other  counties  in  this  State.  And  for  that  purpose  the 
County  of  St.  Louis  as  established  by  this  Scheme,  shall  be 
divided  into  two  districts  by  a  line  commencing  at  a  point 
where  the  Clayton  road  intersects  the  boundary  between  the 
City  and  County  of  St.  Louis,  as  established  by  this  Scheme 
and  Charter,  and  running  thence  westwardly  with  the  Clayton 
road  to  the  eastern  boundary  of  Bonhomme  township  as  now 
established;  thence  north  with  the  eastern  boundary  of  said 
township  to  the  Missouri  river.  So  much  of  said  county  as 
lies  north  and  east  of  said  line  shall  constitute  district  number 
one,  and  so  much  of  said  county  as  lies  south  and  west  of  said 
line  shall  constitute  number  two.  One  Justice  of  the  County 
Court  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified  voters  of  each  of  said 
districts,  and  the  Presiding  Justice  of  said  County  Court  shall 
be  elected  at  large  by  the  qualified  voters  of  said  county.  Said 
county  shall  be  divided  and  numbered  in  the  same  manner  into 
two  Representative  Districts,  and  until  otherwise  districted 
by  law,  one  Representative  in  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified  voters  of  each  of  said  dis- 


SCHEME.  9 

tricts.  Immediately  succeeding  the  election  in  November  1876, 
and  when  the  result  thereof  is  officially  determined  as  herein- 
after provided,  the  Justices  of  the  County  Court  shall  meet  at 
James  C.  Button's  house,  on  the  Manchester  road,  Tor  the  pur- 
pose of  organizing  the  new  government  of  the  county,  deter- 
mining the  bonds  of  the  county  officers,  and  making  such  ap- 
pointments as  may  be  authorized  by  law.  Said  Court  may 
determine  at  what  place  in  said  county  said  Court  shall  meet 
and  the  county  offices  be  located  until  the  question  of  a  per- 
manent seat  of  justice  may  be  determined.  And  for  that  pur- 
pose the  following  persons  shall  be  and  they  are  hereby 
appointed  Commissioners,  to-wit:  Robert  G.  Coleman,  Wm. 
W.  Henderson  and  Thomas  J.  Sappington,  who  shall,  after  the 
Scheme  goes  into  effect,  select  a  suitable  place  for  the  county 
seat  of  said  county  and  report  such  selection  to  the  County 
Court  of  said  county,  when  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Court 
to  submit  to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  county,  at  a  special 
election,  to  be  ordered  by  said  Court,  within  six  months  from 
the  filing  of  said  report,  the  question  as  to  whether  the  place 
so  selected,  shall  be  the  place  for  the  permanent  seat  of  justice 
of  said  county,  and  if  a  majority  of  the  qualified  voters  of  said 
county  voting  at  said  election,  shall  be  in  favor  of  said  loca- 
tion, then  the  same  shall  be  and  remain  the  seat  of  justice  or 
county  seat  of  such  county;  but  if  a  majority  of  the  qualified 
voters,  voting  at  such  election  shall  be  against  such  location, 
then  the  permanent  seat  of  justice  shall  be  established  in  the 
manner  as  at  present  provided  by  law  in  regard  to  new  counties. 
There  shall  be  elected  at  said  election  such  Justices  of  the 
Peace  and  Constables  for  the  county  as  said  county  may  be 
entitled  to  under  existing  laws,  who  shall  hold  their  offices 
according  to  the  general  provisions  of  law  applying  to  other 
counties  in  this  State. 

SEC.  4.  The  present  County  Court  of  St.  Louis  County 
shall  order  and  make  all  necessary  arrangements  for  the  gen- 
eral State  election  in  November  next,  and  shall  order  at  the 
same  time  the  election  of  the  Justices  and  officers  for  St.  Louis 
County,  as  specified  in  the  preceding  section,  and  the  members 
of  the  present  County  Court  thereof  shall  continue  in  authority 
and  in  the  discharge  of  their  present  duties,  except  as  herein 
otherwise  provided,  until  the  new  County  Government  is  or- 


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ganized,  and  the  proper  county  officers,  as  provided  herein,  are 
commissioned  and  qualified,  and  thereupon  their  terms  of  office 
and  that  of  Clerk  of  said  Court  shall  cease  and  the  offices  of 
Justices  of  the  County  "Court  and  Clerk  of  the  said  County 
Court  as  now  established  shall  be  forever  abolished:  Pro- 
vided, That  nothing  in  this  section  shall  relieve  said  Court  and 
its  officers  and  employes  from  full  responsibility  for  the  man- 
agement and  custody  of  ail  interests  and  property  of  the 
County  of  St.  Louis  as  constituted  previous  to  the  adaption 
of  this  Scheme,  until  a  formal  transfer  of  the  same  to  the 
proper  authority  as  herein  provided  has  been  effected. 

SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of 
St.  Louis  to  order  an  election  on  the  same  day  as  the  general 
election  in  November,  1876,  and  every  two  years  thereafter, 
for  a  Sheriff  for  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  Coroner  for  said 
city,  who  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified  voters  of  said  city, 
and  shall  hold  their  offices  for  two  years  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  duly  elected  and  qualified,  and  they  shall  be  com- 
missioned by  the  Mayor.  A  Public  Administrator  for  said 
city  shall  also  be  elected  at  the  general  election  aforesaid,  and 
every  four  years  thereafter,  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  four 
years,  and  whose  duties  shall  be  as  provided  by  law.  The 
official  bond  of  said  officers  shall  be  fixed  and  determined  by 
the  Municipal  Assembly,  in  conTormity  with  the  constitution 
and  laws,  and  pending  such  action  the  Sheriff,  Coroner  and 
Public  Administrator  shall  give  bond  in  such  amounts  as  now 
required  of  like  officers  for  the  present  County  o?  St.  Louis, 
with  not  less  than  two  securities,  owners  of  unincumbered  real 
estate  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor; 
and  said  bonds,  when  so  approved,  shall  be  filed  with  the  Regis- 
ter, and  said  officers  shall  respectively  perform  within  the  city 
limits  such  duties  as  are  now  provided  by  law  in  regard  to  the 
Sheriff,  Coroner  and  Public  Administrator  of  St.  Louis 
County,  and  shall  receive  the  same  compensation  allowed  said 
officers  of  St.  Louis  County  prior  to  the  adoption  of  this 
Scheme,  until  otherwise  provided  by  law.  The  Coroner  shall 
discharge  the  duties  of  Sheriff  in  all  cases  in  which  Coroners 
are  authorized  to  discharge  those  duties  by  law. 

SEC.  6.  The  Marshal  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  in  addition 
to  his  other  duties,  shall  assume  and  discharge  all  the  duties 


SCHEME.  11 

heretofore  discharged  by  the  Marshal  of  St.  Louis  County 
within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  the  present 
County  Marshal  shall  deliver  to  said  City  Marshal  all  books, 
documents  and  property  of  every  kind  in  his  possession  by 
virtue  of  said  office,  except  such  property  as  may  properly  be- 
long to  the  reorganized  County  Government,  which  shall  be 
delivered  to  the  Sheriff  of  St.  Louis  County,  elected  in  Novem- 
ber, 1876. 

SEC.  7.  The  Sheriff  of  St.  Louis  County,  elected  as  pro- 
vided in  Section  3,  shall  be  ex-offi-cio  Collector  of  the  Revenue 
of  said  county  and  the  Clerk  of  said  County  Court  shall  be 
ex-ofhcio  Recorder  of  Deeds  for  said  county,  and  the  present 
Recorder  of  Deeds  for  St.  Louis  County  shall  hereafter  be 
known  as  Recorder  of  Deeds  and  shall  hold  his  office  for  his 
term  as  now  prescribed  by  law,  and  until  his  successor  shall  be 
elected  and  qualified,  and  at  the  general  election  in  November, 
1878,  and  every  four  years  thereafter,  a  City  Recorder  shall  be 
elected  by  the  qualified  voters  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis. 

SEC.  8.  The  office  of  the  President  of  the  Board  of  As- 
sessors is  hereby  declared  a  city  office,  and  is  placed  under  the 
control  of  the  city  government,  but  the  President  of  said  Board 
shall  cause  the  books  and  plats  of  said  office  to  be  divided,  and 
such  portions  thereof  as  exclusively  refer  to  St.  Louis  County 
shall  be  delivered  to  the  proper  officer,  for  the  use  of  said 
county ;  but  if  this  can  not  be  done,  or  can  be  done  only  in  part, 
then  abstracts  shall  be  made  thereof,  and  the  cost  of  same  paid 
out  of  the  City  Treasury.  The  present  State  and  County  Col- 
lector shall  continue  in  office  until  the  expiration  of  his  official 
term,  and  thereafter  his  duties  shall  be  discharged  by  the  City 
Collector,  and  upon  this  Scheme  going  into  operation,  the  said 
State  and  County  Collector  shall  pay  over  all  collections  for 
city  and  county  taxes  levied  for  general  purposes,  and  for 
licenses  collected,  within  the  city  limits,  as  herein  extended, 
and  all  county  taxes  for  interest  and  parks,  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  City  of  St.  Louis:  and  all  collections  for  county  and 
school  taxes  on  property  and  licenses,  except  all  county  taxes 
for  interest  and  parks,  in  St.  Louis  County,  he  shall  pay  to  the 
present  County  Treasurer,  until  tFie  Treasurer  of  said  county 
is  elected,  as  provided  for  in  Section  3 ;  and  when  that  officer 
has  duly  qualified,  the  present  County  Treasurer  shall  pay  over 


12  SCHEME. 

to  him  all  such  collections  for  the  use  of  said  county,  and  from 
and  after  the  time  the  County  Treasurer  of  St.  Louis  County, 
as  constituted  by  this  Scheme,  is  elected  and  qualified,  and 
during  the  continuance  in  office  of  said  County  Collector,  he 
shall  in  like  manner. pay  over  all  revenue  collections,  above 
mentioned,  to  the  City  and  County  Treasurers  respectively. 
At  the  close  of  his  term  of  office  he  shall  effect  a  settlement 
with  the  city  and  county  authorities,  and  shall  account  for  all 
tax-bills  placed  in  his  possession,  and  shall  turn  over  all  uncol- 
iected  bills  in  his  possession,  as  follows :  To  the  Comptroller 
all  tax-bills  on  property  within  the  city  limits  as  herein  estab- 
lished, and  to  the  Clerk  of  the  St.  Louis  County  Court  all  tax- 
bills  on  property  outside  of  city  limits.  The  office  of  County 
Auditor  as  it  at  present  exists  is  abolished,  but  that  officer 
shall  continue  in  office,  and  be  responsible  on  his  bond,  until  all 
books,  documents,  moneys,  and  other  property  in  his  hands,  or 
under  his  charge  by  virtue  of  his  office,  have  been  properly 
accounted  for  and  turned  over  to  the  parties  authorized  by  law 
to  receive  them.  The  assessment  of  property  for  the  taxes 
of  the  year  1877  in  the  city  as  constituted  by  this  Scheme,  shall 
be  made  by  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Assessors,  of  the 
present  County  of  St.  Louis,  in  the  manner  provided  by  law ; 
said  President  shall  keep  a  separate  set  of  books  for  the  prop- 
erty in  the  city  as  now  constituted,  and  for  that  in  the  enlarged 
limits  of  the  city.  As  soon  as  the  assessment  books  for  the 
city  and  for  the  enlarged  limits  shall  have  been  completed  and 
corrected  as  required  by  law,  they  shall  be  turned  over  by  said 
President  with  the  other  books  and  plats  of  his  office  to  the 
proper  officer  of  said  city.  After  the  assessment  books  have 
been  corrected,  the  President  of  Assessors  shall  make  out  a 
fair  copy  of  the  same  and  shall  make  an  abstract  of  said  books, 
showing  the  amounts  of  the  several  kinds  of  property  taxed, 
specifying:  First,  the  amount  of  all  property  within  the  old 
limits  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis ;  second,  the  amount  of  value  of 
all  property  within  the  new,  or  extended,  limits,  and  outside 
the  old  limits,  and  add  thereto  his  certificate 'that  the  same 
contains  a  true  and  correct  list  of  all  taxable  property  in  the 
City  of  St.  Louis,  so  far  as  he  has  been  able  to  ascertain  the 
same.  Said  abstract  shall  be  verified  by  oath  and  delivered  to 
the  Mayor  of  St.  Louis  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  of 


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June,  1877.  As  soon  as  the  Assessor  of  St.  Louis  County  shall 
be  elected  and  qualified,  the  President  of  the  Board  of  As- 
sessors shall  deliver  to  the  said  Assessor  the  books,  plats  and  all 
papers  appertaining  to  the  property  of  said  county,  as  herein 
provided,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Assessor  of  said  county 
to  assess  the  property  of  said  county  in  the  same  manner  as 
now  provided  by  law  for  other  counties  of  this  State. 

SEC.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  present  County  Court 
of  St.  Louis  County  to  see  that  all  buildings,  moneys  and  other 
property  belonging  to  the  county,  which  are  placed  under  the 
control  of  the  city  under  this  Scheme,  shall  be  formally  and 
properly  transferred.  Said  Court  shall  cause  all  records,  books, 
papers,  etc.,  now  in  the  office  of  said  Court  to  be  turned  over  to 
the  Register,  who  shall  duly  schedule  same,  and  report  the 
same  for  inspection  of  the  Mayor.  All  employes  and  officers 
now  in  the  service  of  the  county  in  connection  with  public  insti- 
tutions, or  otherwise  under  appointment  of  said  Court,  and 
within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  as  herein  established 
shall  continue  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties  under  the  present 
rules  and  regulations  until  notified  to  the  contrary  by  the 
Mayor  of  the  city,  who  shall  have  authority  to  retain  or  for 
unfitness  discharge  such  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  to  fill 
any  vacancies  that  may  occur,  until  the  Municipal  Assembly 
can  provide  by  ordinance  for  the  government  of  such  institu- 
tions and  regulations  of  such  service. 

SEC.  10.  All  the  public  buildings,  institutions,  public  parks 
and  property  of  every  character  and  description  heretofore 
owned  and  controlled  by  the  County  of  St.  Louis  within  the 
limits  as  extended,  including  the  Court  House  the  County  Jail, 
the  Insane  Asylum,  and  the  Poor  House,  are  hereby  transferred 
and  made  over  to  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  all  the  rigHt,  title 
and  interest  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis  in  said  property,  and  in 
all  public  roads  and  highways  within  the  enlarged  limits,  is 
hereby,  vested  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  divested  out  of  the 
County;  and  in  consideration  of  the  city  becoming  the  pro- 
prietor of  all  the  county  buildings  and  property  within  its  en- 
larged limits,  the  city  hereby  assumes  the  whole  of  the  existing 
county  debt,  and  the  entire  park  tax,  and  the  Municipal  Assem- 
bly shall,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  adoption  of  this 
Scheme  and  Charter,  provide  by  ordinance  for  the  management 


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of  the  property  and  public  institutions  hereby  placed  under  its 
charge. 

SEC.  ii.  The  Municipal  Assembly  shall  from  time  to  time 
make  provision  by  ordinance  for  the  payment  of  the  county 
debt,  and  interest  thereon,  as  the  same  matures,  and  in  all  re- 
spects said  debt  shall  be  considered  a  city  debt,  and  shall  be 
transferred  to  the  books  of  the  city,  and  embraced  in  all  official 
statements  of  its  funded  liabilities. 

SEC.  12.  Until  provision  is  made  by  ordinance  for  carry- 
ing out  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  sections,  and  until  the 
officers  provided  for  under  the  Charter  framed  and  adopted 
by  this  Board  are  elected  and  qualified,  and  after  this  Scheme, 
and  the  Charter  framed  hereunder,  go  into  operation,  the 
present  city  officers  shall  qualify  under  such  Charter,  and  per- 
form all  the  duties  and  exercise  the  powers  of  their  office  under 
such  Charter,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Scheme 
and  Charter,  and  under  the  ordinances  of  the  city  not  incon- 
sistent therewith,  within  the  enlarged  city  limits.  For  the  pur- 
pose of  electing  a  Municipal  Assembly  under  such  Charter,  an 
election  for  members  of  the  Municipal  Assembly  shall  be  held 
at  the  same  time  as  the  general  State  election  to  be  held  in 
November,  1876,  and  the  term  of  office  of  the  members  of  said 
Assembly  shall  continue  for  the  same  time  and  on  the  same  con- 
ditions as  if  the  same  commenced  after  the  city  election  in  April 
1877,  as  provided  for  in  such  Charter.  Provided,  That  in  case 
of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  the  Mayor,  the  present  Comp- 
troller of  the  city  shall  be  authorized  to  act  and  shall  act  as 
such  Mayor  until  such  vacancies  shall  be  filled  as  provided  in 
the  Charter  framed  under  this  Scheme.  And  provided  further, 
that  all  city  offices,  except  the  Municipal  Assembly  and  such 
offices  whose  incumbents  are  specifically  continued  in  office 
till  the  expiration  of  their  term  by  this  Scheme  and  Charter 
and  all  appointive  offices  of  the  city  or  of  any  of  its  depart- 
ments, shall  be  vacant  from  and  after  the  city  election  provided 
for  in  the  Charter,  to  be  held  in  April,  1877,  and  shall  be  filled 
by  the  officers  then  elected,  and  by  appointments  by  the  Mayor 
and  officers  then  elected,  as  in  such  Charter  prescribed. 

SEC.  13.  A  Board  of  Finance  is  hereby  created,  to  consist 
of  the  Mayor  and  Comptroller  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  the 
Justices  of  the  County  Court  from  the  Fifth  and  Sixth  Dis- 


SCHEME.  15 

tricts  of  St.  Louis  County,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  immediately 
after  this  Scheme  goes  into  operation,  to  examine  and  verify 
the  county  indebtedness,  as  the  same  existed  at  the  time  this 
Scheme  went  into  operation  on  the  books  of  the  county,  as  to 
bonds  and  all  other  claims,  and  to  ascertain  and  declace  the 
amount  necessary  for  the  payment  of  the  current  expenses  of 
the  county  to  such  time,  and  to  ascertain  the  balance  of  cash, 
after  deducting  the  amount  necessary  for  the  payment  of  such 
current  expenses,  in  the  hands  of  the  County  Treasurer  and 
the  source  whence  derived.  And  all  collections  made  on  ac- 
count of  taxes  for  interest  and  the  parks  and  that  portion  of 
said  balance  which  was  collected  for  general  purposes  within 
the  extended  city  limits,  shall  be  paid  into  the  City  Treasury— 
and  that  portion  which  was  collected  for  general  pur- 
poses within  the  County  of  St.  Louis  as  constituted  by  this 
Scheme  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  said  county,  and 
the  same  course  shall  be  pursued  with  reference  to  all  moneys 
coming  into  the  hands  of  the  present  County  Treasurer  after 
this  Scheme  shall  go  into  operation.  The  term  of  the  present 
County  Treasurer  shall  cease  when  the  Treasurer  for  the 
County  of  St.  Louis  as  herein  constituted  shall  have  been 
elected  and  qualified.  The  County  Auditor  shall  properly  ac- 
count for  all  school  moneys  for  which  he  is  in  any  way  respon- 
sible to  the  proper  authorities,  and  all  tax  collections  for  school 
purposes  made  either  by  the  City  or  County  of  St.  Louis  for 
the  present  or  any  other  year  shall  be  applied  only  to  the  sup- 
port of  public  schools.  All  debts  and  obligations  due  or  pay- 
able or  belonging  to  the  present  County  of  St.  Louis  shall  be 
considered  due  and  payable  to  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  the 
right  to  sue  for  and  to  adjust  and  collect  same  or  any  part 
thereof  shall  be  vested  in  said  city.  The  amount  above  ascer- 
tained for  the  payment  of  current  expenses  shall  be  paid  in  the 
manner  provided  by  law  out  of  the  sum  above  reserved  for 
such  purpose. 

SEC.  14.  The  Metropolitan  Police  force  of  the  City  of  St. 
Louis,  as  now  established  by  law,  shall  be  maintained  at  the 
cost  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis :  Provided  however,  that  the 
Metropolitan  Police  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  have  the 
same  power  and  jurisdiction  in  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  as 
constituted  by  this  Scheme  as  now  provided  by  law.  Pro- 


16  SCHEME. 

vided  that  upon  a  petition  of  the  County  Court  of  St.  Louis 
County,  the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  shall  appoint  and 
equip  not  more  than  twenty  policemen  as  provided  in  the  act 
approved  March  13,  1867,  f°r  duty  in  said  county.  The  cost 
of  equipping  and  maintaining  said  police  shall  be  paid  by  the 
county  as  herein  established. 

SEC.  15.  Until  otherwise  provided  by  law,  all  the  present 
Justices  of  the  Peace  and  Constables  shall  hold  their  offices 
until  the  expiration  of  their  present  terms,  and  only  such  Jus- 
tices and  Constables  shall  be  elected  in  November,  1876,  as 
may  be  necessary  to  fill  vacancies.  All  commissions  of  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace  and  Constables  elected  in  the  City  of  St. 
Louis  shall  be  issued  by  the  Mayor,  and  a  record  thereof  kept 
by  the  City  Register.  All  bonds  of  Constables,  and  of  all 
Notaries  Public  appointed,  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor, 
and  a  record  of  the  same  shall  be  kept  in  said  Register's  office. 

SEC.  1 6.  The  Mayor  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Council,  may  appoint  any  number  of  competent 
persons,  being  civil  engineers,  as  City  Surveyors,  whose  duties 
and  powers  shall  be  as  now  provided  by  law  in  regard  to 
County  Surveyors ;  but  all  applicants  shall  produce  satisfactory 
testimonials  of  good  character  and  competency  and  when  ap- 
pointed shall  give  bond  in  the  sum  now  required  by  law  from 
surveyors  in  St.  Louis  County  and  the  County  Court  of  St. 
Louis  may  appoint  County  Surveyors  under  the  same  restric- 
tions. The  present  County  Surveyors,  commissioned  by  the 
County  Court  under  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  amend  Chapter 
27  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Missouri  relating  to  County  Sur- 
veyors," approved  March  25,  1872,  may  continue  in  authority 
and  in  discharge  of  their  present  duties  in  the  City  and  County 
of  St.  Louis  until  the  expiration  of  the  commissions  held  by 
them  respectively,  and  the  said  City  Surveyors  shall  have 
power  to  execute  in  the  County  of  St.  Louis  all  orders  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  Eighth  Judicial  Circuit,  as  they  were 
authorized  to  do  before  this  Scheme  went  into  operation. 

SEC.  17.  All  Notaries  Public  now  commissioned  by  the 
Governor  for  St.  Louis  County  shall  exercise  the  official 
powers  and  duties  of  such  office  within  the  City  and  County 
of  St.  Louis,  as  constituted  by  this  Scheme,  and  the  City  Reg- 
ister shall  keep  a  complete  record  of  all  Notaries  acting  within 


SCHEME.  17 

the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  of  their  bonds  and  the  dates  of  their 
commissions,  and  of  the  expiration  thereof. 

SEC.  18.  The  Sheriff  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall,  within 
the  limits  of  said  city  exercise  the  authority  now  vested  by  law 
in  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  and  after  this  Scheme 
shall  go  into  operation,  all  writs  and  other  process  which  are 
now  by  law  provided  to  be  executed  by  the  Sheriff  of  the 
County  of  St.  Louis,  within  the  city  limits,  shall  be  directed 
to  and  executed  by  the  Sheriff  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis.  The 
City  Marshal,  after  this  Scheme  goes  into  operation,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  duties  now  required  by  law  to  be  performed  by  him, 
shall,  within  the  city  limits,  exercise  the  same  power  and  per- 
form the  same  duties  as  are  now  provided  by  law  in  regard 
to  the  County  Marshal.  And  the  Sheriff  of  St.  Louis  County 
shall  execute  all  process  directed  or  delivered  to  him  by  any 
court  of  record  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  as  are  now  estab- 
lished by  law. 

SEC.  19.  The  Judges  of  the  Election  for  State  and  other 
officers  to  be  held  in  November,  1876,  and  for  officers  of  the 
city  and  county  as  provided  in  this  Scheme,  shall  te  appointed 
as  now  provided  by  law,  and  the  same  Judges  snail  act  in  the 
election  for  city  and  county  officers  at  such  November  election, 
1876  and  the  returns  shall  be  made  to  the  clerk  of  the  present 
County  Court,  who  shall  officially  certify  to  the  result ;  and  in 
the  event  of  any  neglect  or  failure  on  the  part  of  said  County 
Court,  or  any  officer  of  the  city  or  county,  to  order  and  arrange 
for  the  election  herein  provided,  the  St.  Louis  Court  of  Ap- 
peals, or  any  Judge  thereof,  may  cause  the  same  to  be  done, 
and  may  in  such  event  appoint  Judges  and  take  all  other  steps 
necessary  to  insure  the  holding  of  said  election  in  the  manner 
contemplated  herein. 

SEC.  20.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  existing  officers  of  St. 
Louis  City  and  County  to  assist  in  carrying  out  the  provisions 
of  this  Scheme,  so  far  as  any  official  act  is  necessary  for  that 
purpose,  and  in  all  cases  in  which  said  officers  are  continued 
in  office  under  this  Scheme,  their  duties  and  compensation  shall 
be  the  same  as  are  now  provided  by  law. 

SEC.  21.  The  City  of  St.  Louis  may  purchase,  take  and  hold 
real  estate  in  the  County  of  St.  Louis  for  trie  use  of  the  city. 


18  SCHEME. 

SEC.  22.  Until  otherwise  provided  by  law,  the  salaries  of 
all  the  Judges  of  courts  now  paid  out  of  the  County  Treasury, 
and  of  all  judicial  officers  not  affected  by  the  operation  of  this 
Scheme,  shall  be  paid  proportionately  by  the  City  and  County 
of  St.  Louis,  according  to  the  aggregate  of  taxable  values  in 
each;  and  to  carry  out  this  section  the  Municipal  Assembly 
shall  annually  provide  for  paying  such  expenses,  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  County  Court  of  said  county,  and  a  binding 
obligation  thereon,  to  pay  into  the  City  Treasury  annually  an 
amount  equal  to  the  proportion  of  the  expenses  herein  indi- 
cated ;  and  the  officers  of  said  city  may  make  any  temporary 
arrangement  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion, until  the  Municipal  Assembly  can  regulate  the  subject  by 
ordinance. 

SEC.  23.  Immediately  after  this  Scheme  goes  into  opera- 
Lion,  the  present  State  and  County  Collector  of  Revenue  shall 
turn  over  to  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Assessors  all  the 
tax  bills,  then  in  his  hands  that  apply  to  lots  or  parcels  of  land 
which  shall  have  become  intersected  by  the  new  city  limits  line, 
for  which  bills  the  said  President  shall  return  him  a  detailed 
receipt,  to  be  held  by  Kim  (the  Collector)  as  his  sufficient 
voucher,  against  the  corresponding  tax  amounts  for  which  he 
may  stand  charged;  and  the  said  President  shall  proceed  at 
once  to  make,  in  lieu  of  the  bills  received,  new  bills,  whereon 
the  amounts  of  taxes  shall  be  separated  in  the  proportion  of 
quality  and  value  of  land,  or  land  and  improvements  respect- 
ively lying  within  and  without  the  newly  established  city  limits, 
to  the  end  that  the  taxes  distributable  to  the  county  and  those 
distributable  to  the  city  shall  all  be  represented  by  separate  bills. 
The  new  bills  thus  ordered  when  completed  by  the  said  Presi- 
dent, shall  5e  by  him  delivered  to  the  Comptroller  to  be  exam- 
ined and  stamped,  and  they  shall  next,  with  the  least  practicable 
delay,  be  returned  by  the  Comptroller  to  the  Collector  for  col- 
lection. The  old  tax  bills  herein  above  named  shall  likewise 
be,  by  the  President,  surrendered  to  the  Comptroller,  who  shall 
cancel  them. 

SEC.  24.  The  Municipal  Assembly  shall  have  power  with- 
in the  City  of  St.  Louis  to  do  ail  acts  and  perform  all  func- 
lions  not  otherwise  provided  for  in  this  Charter  and  not  incon- 


SCHEME.  19 

sistent  with  its  terms,  which  have  heretofore  been  done  and 
performed  by  the  County  Court  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis. 

SEC.  25.  Until  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  as  organized  by 
this  Scheme,  shall  otherwise  provide,  the  County  Court  there- 
of shall  be  authorized  to  send  the  paupers  of  said  county  to 
the  Poor  House,  or  County  Farm,  now  in  use,  and  the  insane 
paupers  of  said  county  to  the  Insane  Asylum  now  in  use,  and 
for  the  maintenance  of  such  paupers  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  city  the  cost  of  maintaining  paupers  in  those  institutions, 
to  be  ascertained  by  the  annual  reports  of  the  same. 

SEC.  26.  The  Circuit  Attorney  and  Assistant  Circuit  Attor- 
ney for  the  Eighth  Judicial  Circuit,  the  Prosecuting  Attorney, 
the  Assistant  Prosecuting  Attorney,  and  the  Clerk  of  the  St. 
Louis  Court  of  Criminal  Correction,  and  the  Clerk  of  the  St. 
Louis  Criminal  Court,  shall  continue  to  hold  their  offices  and 
discharge  the  duties  thereof,  as  now  provided  by  law,  until  the 
expiration  of  their  respective  terms  of  office,  and  until  their 
successors  are  duly  elected  and  qualified. 

SEC.  27.  After  this  Scheme  goes  into  operation,  and  until 
otherwise  provided  by  law,  the  Grand  Jury  of  the  Eighth  Judi- 
cial Circuit  shall  be  selected  by  the  Judge  of  the  St.  Louis 
Criminal  Court  from  the  City  and  County  of  St.  Louis,  and 
shall  be  summoned  by  the  Marshal  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis. 

SEC.  28.  All  members  of  Grand  Juries  selected  from  the 
City  of  St.  Louis  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  City  Treasury,  and 
those  from  the  County  of  St.  Louis  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
County  Treasury.  All  payments  shall  be  upon  certificates  of 
the  Clerk  of  the  St.  Louis  Criminal  Court. 

SEC.  29.  In  the  criminal  cases  occurring  in  the  City  of  St. 
Louis,  in  which,  by  the  law  in  force  prior  to  this  Scheme  going 
into  operation,  the  County  of  St.  Louis  was  liable  to  pay  costs, 
such  costs  shall,  after  that  time,  be  paid  out  of  the  City  Treas- 
ury, and  in  like  cases  occurring  in  the  County  oT  St.  Louis, 
shall  be  paid  out  of  the  Treasury  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis. 

SEC.  30.  Petit  jurors  to  serve  in  the  Circuit  Court  of  the 
Eighth  Judicial  Circuit,  in  the  St.  Louis  Criminal  Court  and 
in  the  St.  Louis  Court  of  Criminal  Correction,  shall  until 
otherwise  provided,  be  selected  and  summoned  as  now  pro- 
vided by  law,  except  that  jurors  for  the  said  Circuit  Court 
shall  be  summoned  by  the  Sheriff  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and 


20  SCHEME. 

jurors  to  serve  in  the  said  other  two  courts  shall  be  summoned 
by  the  Marshal  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis.  And  the  act  to  pro- 
vide a  jury  system  in  St.  Louis  County,  approved  March  3, 
1857,  and  the  acts  amendatory  thereof,  shall  remain  in  force 
until  altered  or  repealed,  and  the  present  Jury  Commissioner 
of  St.  Louis  County  shall  remain  in  office  until  the  expiration 
of  his  official  term  and  perform  all  the  duties  now  required 
of  him  by  law. 

SEC.  31.  For  all  services  of  petit  jurors  rendered  in  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  Eighth  Judicial  Circuit,  they  shall  be 
paid  out  of  the  City  Treasury,  and  for  all  such  services  rendered 
by  citizens  of  St.  Louis,  in  the  St.  Louis  Criminal  Court  and 
the  St.  Louis  Court  of  Criminal  Correction,  they  shall  be  paid 
out  of  the  City  Treasury,  and  for  all  such  services  rendered  in 
the  last  mentioned  courts  by  citizens  of  St.  Louis  County,  they 
shall  be  paid  out  of  the  County  Treasury. 

SEC.  32.  In  all  cases  where,  according  to  the  laws  in  force, 
up  to  the  time  when  this  Scheme  shall  go  into  operation,  any 
public  officer  or  other  person  was  required  to  pay  any  money 
coming  into  his  hands  from  any  source  whatever  into  the 
County  Treasury  of  St.  Louis  County,  and  where  it  is  not 
otherwise  provided  in  this  Scheme,  or  the  Charter  framed 
under  it,  such  officer  or  person  shall,  after  the  time  aforesaid, 
pay  all  such  money  into  the  Treasury  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis, 
at  or  within  such  times  as  he  was  theretofore  required  to  pay 
the  same  into  the  County  Treasury;  and  if  no  time  shall  be 
prescribed  by  law  for  any  such  payments,  then  he  shall  pay 
the  same  monthly,  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month,  into 
said  City  Treasury,  and  shall  take  triplicate  receipts  therefor, 
stating  the  account  on  which  such  payment  was  made,  one  of 
which  he  shall  file  in  the  City  Auditor's  office  and  one  with 
the  Comptroller,  who  shall  charge  the  Treasurer  with  the 
amount  so  paid ;  and  the  said  Auditor  and  Treasurer  shall  keep 
accounts  showing  the  account  on  which  such  payments  were 
made  and  the  source  from  which  the  money  was  derived.  All 
such  money  shall  be  applied  and  used  for  the  purposes  for 
which  it  was  collected,  or  for  which  it  is  made  applicable  by 
law,  and  in  all  cases  when  such  money  is  not  set  apart  or  appro- 
priated by  law  for  specific  purposes,  the  Municipal  Assembly 
of  the  city  may  appropriate  it  to  such  municipal  uses  as  it  may 


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deem  proper :  Provided,  however,  that  all  fines,  penalties  and 
forfeitures  collected  or  accruing  in  the  County  of  St.  Louis, 
or  on  account  of  said  county  or  the  people  thereof,  shall  be  paid 
in  the  manner  and  at  times  aforesaid  into  the  County  Treasury 
of  said  county,  and  duplicate  receipts  shall  be  taken  as  afore- 
said by  the  officer  or  person  paying  the  same,  one  of  which  he 
shall  file  with  the  County  Clerk  of  said  County  who  shall 
charge  the  Treasurer  with  the  amount  so  paid,  and  such  money 
shall  be  appropriated  and  used  as  it  is  or  may  be  provided  by 
law :  and  provided  further,  that  if  any  public  officer  or  other 
person  shall  at  the  time  this  Scheme  goes  into  operation  be 
in  default  in  the  payment  of  any  such  money  into  the  said 
County  Treasury,  he  shall  immediately  pay  the  same  into  the 
said  City  Treasury  in  the  manner  aforesaid  and  the  same  shall 
be  disposed  of  as  herein  provided. 

SEC.  33.  All  powers  heretofore  vested  in  the  Collector  of 
the  County  of  St.  Louis,  and  all  duties  required  to  be  per- 
formed by  him  in  reference  to  taxes  on  property  situated  out- 
side of  the  limits  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  as  enlarged,  and  in 
reference  to  the  sale  of  such  property  for  taxes  and  the  re- 
demption thereof,  shall,  after  the  election  and  qualification  of 
the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  as  provided  by  this 
Scheme,  be  executed  and  performed  by  such  Sheriff,  and  all 
deeds  for  the  sale  of  land  for  taxes  made  by  him  shall  be 
acknowledged  before  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Court  of  St. 
Louis  County. 

SEC.  34.  The  Municipal  Assembly  shall  have  power  to 
enact  all  ordinances  that  may  be  necessary  to  carry  into  execu- 
tion the  laws  relating  to  State,  county,  city  and  other  revenue 
within  the  City  of  St.  Louis  as  enlarged,  and  such  powers  as 
are  now  vested  by  law  in  the  County  Court  of  St.  Louis 
County  or  the  Clerk  .of  said  Court,  or  the  County  Collector 
and  Auditor  may  be  exercised  by  such  tribunals  and  officers 
as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  35.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  domestic  animal  of 
the  species  of  horse,  cattle,  mule,  ass,  swine,  sheep  or  goat  to 
be  suffered  to  run  at  large,  by  the  owner  thereof,  in  the  City 
or  County  of  St.  Louis ;  and  if  any  such  animal  be  found  run- 
ning at  large  in  said  city  or  county  after  this  Scheme  and 
Charter  go  into  operation,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any  person  to 


22  SCHEMK. 

take  up  and  restrain  the  same  forthwith,  and  such  person  shall 
within  three  days  after  so  taking  up  and  restraining  such  ani- 
mal give  notice  thereof  to  the  owner,  if  known,  and  thereupon 
such  owner  shall  pay  a  reasonable  compensation  for  taking  up, 
keeping  and  feeding  such  animal,  and  for  damages  actually 
caused  by  such  animal.  If  the  owner  be  not  known,  or  fails 
to  make  such  reasonable  compensation  after  being  notified,  any 
animal  so  taken  up  shall  be  deemed  an  estray,  and  may  be  pro- 
ceeded against  by  the  taker  up  thereof,  in  the  manner  provided 
by  law  in  regard  to  strays;  provided,  however,  that  this  sec- 
tion shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  prohibit  any  person  from 
driving  herding  and  guarding  such  stock  upon  the  uninclosed 
lands  belonging  to  said  county,  the  State,  or  the  United  States. 
SEC.  36.  In  all  cases  where  the  limits  of  the  City  of  St. 
Louis,  as  herein  extended,  include  a  part  only  of  any  school 
district,  the  following  shall  be  the  mode  of  adjustment  as  to 
property  held  by  or  for  the  use  or  benefit  of  such  district: 
First,  Where  the  part  of  such  district,  included  within  such 
extended  limits  contains  any  school  house  or  other  real  estate 
belonging  to  the  district,  the  Board  of  President  and  Directors 
of  the  St.  Louis  Public  Schools  shall  pay  into  the  County 
Treasury  of  St.  Louis  County,  for  the  use  of  that  part  of  the 
district  not  so  included,  such  proportion  of  the  valuation  of 
said  school  property  as  the  taxable  value  of  property  in  the 
part  of  such  district  not  so  included,  bears  to  the  taxable  value 
of  all  property  in  such  district,  as  constituted  before  such  ex- 
tension. Second,  Where  the  part  of  such  district,  not  included 
within  such  extended  limits,  contains  any  school  house  or  other 
real  estate  belonging  to  the  district,  the  inhabitants  of  the  dis- 
trict not  so  included  shall  pay  to  the  Board  of  President  and 
Directors  of  the  St.  Louis  Public  Schools,  such  proportion  of 
the  valuation  of  said  school  property,  as  the  taxable  value  of 
property  in  the  part  of  such  district  included  within  the  city 
limits,  bears  to  the  taxable  value  of  all  property  in  such  district 
as  constituted  before  such  extension.  The  valuation  of  school 
property  mentioned  in  this  section  shall  be  made  by  arbitrators, 
one  of  whom  shall  be  selected  by  the  Board  of  President  and 
Directors  of  the  St.  Louis  Public  Schools,  and  one  by  the 
Directors  of  the  school  district  affected,  who,  if  disagreeing, 
may  select  a  third  ;  or,  if  unable  to  agree  on  the  selection  of 


SCHEMK.  23 

such  third  arbitrator,  any  School  Director,  or  member  of  the 
Board  of  President  and  Directors  of  the  St.  Louis  Public 
Schools,  may  apply  to  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  Eighth  Judicial 
Circuit  to  appoint  one.  A  report  of  the  valuation  made  by 
such  arbitrators,  or  a  majority  thereof,  shall  be  filed  as  soon 
as  practicable,  in  the  Clerk's  office  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the 
Eighth  Judicial  Circuit.  Any  money  to  be  paid  to  the  Board 
of  President  and  Directors  of  the  St.  Louis  Public  Schools, 
shall  be  provided  for  by  the  assessment,  levy  and  collection  of 
a  special  tax  on  all  taxable  property  within  such  districts  not 
so  included. 

SEC.  37.  All  property,  real,  personal  or  mixed,  of  every 
kind  and  description,  and  the  evidence  of  title  thereto  now 
held  by  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  or  by  the  County  Court  of  St. 
Louis  County,  in  trust  or  for  the  use  of  the  inhabitants  of  town- 
ship forty-five  north,  or  range  seven  east,  for  school  purposes, 
and  all  such  property,  and  the  evidences  of  title  thereto  held 
by  any  public  officer  for  the  use  of  any  school  district  in  said 
township,  or  held  by  or  for  the  benefit  of  any  such  district, 
shall,  as  soon  as  this  Scheme  goes  into  effect,  pass  and  be 
delivered  to  the  Board  of  President  and  Directors  of  the  St. 
Louis  Public  Schools ;  and  the  title  to  any  and  all  such  property 
shall,  by  operation  hereof,  vest  in  said  Board. 

SEC.  38.  The  Board  of  President  and  Directors  of  the  St. 
Louis  Public  Schools  shall,  forthwith  after  this  Scheme  goes 
into  effect,  cause  an  enumeration  to  be  taken  of  all  children 
within  school  ages  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis 
as  herein  established  and  the  County  Court  of  St  Louis 
County  shall  cause  forthwith  a  similar  enumeration  to  be 
taken  within  the  County  of  St.  Louis  outside  of  the  city  limits 
as  herein  established,  showing  the  enumeration  in  each  school 
district,  and  fractional  school  district  separately,  a  correct  re- 
port of  which  enumeration  shall  be  filed  by  said  Board  and 
said  court,  respectively  in  the  Clerk's  office  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  the  Eighth  Judicial  Circuit  within  sixty  days  after  this 
Scheme  and  Charter  go  into  operation.  So  much  of  all  prop- 
erty of  every  nature  whatsoever,  and  the  evidences  thereof,  be- 
longing to  the  school  fund  of  St.  Louis  County  or  of  Con- 
gressional townships  affected  by  the  extension  of  the  present 
city  limits,  as  according  to  such  enumeration,  falls  to  the 


24  SCHEME. 

share  of  the  district  lying  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  St. 
Louis,  shall  at  once  pass  and  be  delivered  by  the  County  Court 
of  St.  Louis  County,  or  puBlic  officers  in  charge  thereof,  to  the 
Board  of  President  and  Directors  of  the  St.  Louis  Public 
Schools,  and  the  residue  of  all  said  property  and  the  evidences 
thereof  shall  pass  and  be  delivered  by  the  present  County  Court 
of  St.  Louis  County  or  public  officers  in  charge  thereof  to  the 
proper  authorities  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  as  constituted 
by  this  Scheme.  From  and  after  the  date  this  Scheme  goes 
into  operation  all  public  officers  within  the  City  of  St.  Louis, 
shall  account  for,  and  pay  over  to  the  Board  of  President  and 
Directors  of  the  St.  Louis  Public  Schools,  all  fines  and  penalties 
and  other  moneys  collected  within  said  city,  afl'd  heretofore 
payable  intor  and  forming  part  of  the  County  School  Fund  of 
St. 'Louis  County. 

SEC.  39.  All  claims  for  the  printing,  clerk  hire,  and  other 
expenses  of  this  Board  of  Freeholders  shall  be  made  out,  and 
certified  to  by  the  President  of  the  Board  immediately  after 
the  adjournment  of  this  Board,  and  such  claims,  so  certified, 
shall,  as  soon  as  this  Scheme  and  the  Charter  framed  there- 
under, are  adopted,  be  paid  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  present 
County  of  St.  Louis  out  of  the  general  revenue  of  said  county, 
and  such  payments  shall  be  allowed  to  said  Treasurer  in  the 
settlement  of  his  accounts  as  provided  for  'in  this  Scheme. 


CHARTER  OF  THE  CITY  OF  ST.  LOUIS. 


ARTICLE       I.  Corporate  powers,  boundaries  and  wards. 

II.  Election  and  registration. 

III.  Legislative  department. 

IV.  Executive  and  administrative  department. 
V.  Revenue  and  taxation. 

VI.  Public  improvements— street  openings. 

VII.  Water  works. 

VIII.  Public  parks. 

IX.  Harbor  and  wharf  department. 

X.  Street  railroads. 

XI.  Fire  department. 

XII.  Health  department. 

XIII.  Schools. 

XIV.  Sinking  fund. 
XV.  Public  printing. 

XVI.  Miscellaneous  provisions. 

ARTICLE  I. 

CORPORATE  POWERS,  BOUNDARIES  AND  WARDS. 


SECTION 

1.  Corporate  name  and  powers — 
authority  to  purchase,  hold 
and  dispose  of  property — to  re- 
ceive bequests,  etc.,  and  have  a 
common  seal. 


SECTION 

2.  Corporate     limits     and     bound- 

aries. 

3.  Ward  boundaries. 

4.  Correction    of    ward    limits    and 

permanent    division    lines. 


SECTION  1.  Corporate  Name  and  Powers— Authority  to 
Purchase,  Hold  and  Dispose  of  Property— To  Receive  Be- 
quests, Etc.,  and  have  a  Common  Seal.— The  inhabitants  of 
all  that  district  of  country  embraced  within  the  limits  pre- 
scribed in  the  next  succeeding  section,  shall  be  and  continue  a 
body  corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of  "The  City  of  St. 
Louis,"  and  by  that  name  shall  have  perpetual  succession,  shall 
sue  and  be  sued,  implead  and  be  impleaded,  defend  and  be  de- 
fended in  all  courts  of  law  and  equity,  and  in  all  actions  what- 
soever; may  purchase,  receive  and  hold  property,  real  or  per- 
sonal, within  said  city,  and  beyond  the  limits  of  the  city,  to  be 
used  for  the  burial  of  the  dead  of  the  city,  for  the  erection  of 
waterworks  to  supply  the  city  with  water,  for  the  establish- 
ment and  erection  of  gasworks  to  supply  the  city  with  light. 


26  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  I. 

CORPORATE   POWERS,   BOUNDARIES   AND   WARDS. 

for  the  establishment  of  a  hospital  or  hospitals  for  the  recep- 
tion of  persons  infected  with  contagious  or  other  diseases,  for 
a  poor  house  or  poor  houses,  work  house,  house  of  correction, 
or  for  any  other  purposes ;  may  sell,  lease  or  otherwise  dispose 
of  any  property  for  the  benefit  of  the  city;  may  receive  be- 
quests, gifts  and  donations,  of  all  kinds  of  property,  within  or 
without  the  city,  in  fee  simple  or*  in  trust,  for  charitable  or 
other  purposes,  and  do  all  acts  necessary  to  carry  out  the  pur- 
poses of  such  bequests,  gifts  and  donations,  with  power  to 
manage,  sell,  lease  or  otherwise  dispose  of  the  same;  and 
may  have  and  use  a  common  seal,  and  may  break,  change  or 
alter  the  same  at  pleasure. 

SEC.  2.  Corporate  Limits  and  Boundaries.— The  corpor- 
ate limits  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  comprise  all  that  dis- 
trict of  country  situated  in  the  County  of  St.  Louis  and  State 
of  Missouri,  to-wit :  Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River,  and  running  thence 
westwardly  at  right  angles  to  said  channel,  to  a  point  on  the. 
west  bank  of  said  river  200  feet  south  of  the  center  of  the 
mouth  of  the  River  des  Peres ;  thence  westwardly  and  parallel 
to  the  center  of  the  River  des  Peres,  and  200  feet  south  thereof, 
to  the  eastern  line  of  the  Lemay  Ferry  road ;  thence  westwardly 
to  a  point  in  the  west  line  of  said  Lemay  Ferry  road  at  its  inter- 
section with  the  center  of  the  Weber  road ;  thence  westwardly 
along  the  center  of  the  Weber  road  to  its  intersection  with  the 
east  line  of  lot  one  (i)  of  the  Carondelet  commons  south  of  the 
River  des  Peres ;  thence  westwardly  to  the  southeast  corner  of 
Rudolph  Overman's,  or  northeast  corner  of  B.  B.  Haar's  land ; 
thence  westwardly  to  said  Haar's  northwest  corner ;  thence 
northwestwardly  to  a  point  in  the  center  of  the  Gravois  road 
six  hundred  (600)  feet  southwardly  from  the  center  of  the 
bridge  across  the  River  des  Peres ;  thence  northwestwardly  to 
the  southeast  corner  of  lot  thirty-one  (31)  of  the  subdivision 
of  the  Mackenzie  tract  in  U.  S.  Survey  1,953;  thence  north- 
westwardly in  continuation  of  said  last  mentioned  line  to  the 
southern  line  of  lot  twenty-one  (21)  of  the  subdivision  of  the 
said  Mackenzie  tract ;  thence  northwestwardly  to  a  point  in  the 
southern  line  of  the  U.  S.  Survey  2,035 ;  twenty-six  (26) 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  I.  27 

CORPORATE  POWERS,  BOUNDARIES   AND  WARDS. 

chains  eastward  from  the  southwest  corner  of  said  survey; 
thence  northwardly  to  a  point  in  the  north  line  of  the  sub- 
division of  East  Laclede,  six  hundred  (600)  feet  west  of  the 
McCausland  road ;  thence  northwardly  and  parallel  to  the  cen- 
ter of  the  McCausland  road,  to  a  point  on  the  Clayton  road 
six  hundred  (600)  feet  west  of  its  intersection  with  the  McCaus- 
land road ;  thence  northwardly  and  parallel  with  the  Skinker 
road,  and  six  hundred  (600)  feet  west  thereof,  to  its  intersec- 
tion with  the  old  Bonhomme  road ;  thence  northeasterly  to  the 
intersection  of  the  center  lines  of  McLaren  avenue  and  Mead 
street ;  thence  ;n  a  northeasterly  direction  to  a  point  in  the 
Bellefontaine  road  six  hundred  (600)  feet  north  of  its  inter- 
section with  the  Columbia  Bottom  road ;  thence  northwardly 
and  parallel  with  the  center  line  of  the  Columbia  Bottom  road 
to  the  northern  boundary  line  of  the  U.  S.  Survey  number 
(114)  one  hundred  and  fourteen;  thence  eastwardly  along  said 
line  to  the  center  of  the  main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River; 
thence  with  the  meanderings  of  said  channel  southwardly  to 
the  point  of  beginning. 

WARD  BOUNDARIES. 

*SEC.  3.  Ward  Boundaries. — The  City  of  St.  Louis  shall 
be  divided  into  twenty-eight  wards,  the  boundaries  of  which 
shall  be  as  follows: 

First  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the  main 
channel  of  the  Mississippi  River  opposite  the  north  line  of  the 
present  city  limits ;  thence  in  a  direct  line  to  the  north  boundary 
of  the  City  of  St.  Louis ;  thence  in  a  westerly  and  southwesterly 
direction  with  the  city  limits  to  the  Wabash  Railway;  with 
the  Wabash  Railway  to  Broadway,  with  Broadway  to  Calvary 
avenue,  with  Calvary  avenue  to  Florissant  avenue,  with  Flor- 
issant avenue  to  Euclid  avenue,  with  Euclid  avenue  to 
Natural  Bridge  road,  with  Natural  Bridge  road  to  Marcus 
avenue,  with  Marcus  avenue  to  St.  Louis  avenue,  with  St. 
Louis  avenue  to  Newstead  avenue,  with  Newstead  avenue  to 
Ashland  avenue,  with  Ashland  avenue  to  Clay  avenue,  with 
Clay  avenue  to  Natural  Bridge  road,  with  Natural  Bridge  road 

*  The  ward  boundaries  here  given  were  established  by  ordinance  19,289,  approved 
March  28,  1898,  under  authority  of  Sec.  IV,  Art.  1,  of  charter. 


CITY  CHARTER— ARTICLE  I. 

CORPORATE  POWERS,  BOUNDARIES   AND  WARDS. 

to  Fair  avenue,  with  Fair  avenue  to  Carter  avenue,  with  Carter 
avenue  to  Adelaide  avenue,  with  Adelaide  avenue  to  Florissant 
avenue,  with  Florissant  avenue  to  Warne  avenue,  with  Warne 
avenue  to  Carter  avenue,  with  Carter  avenue  to  Obear  avenue, 
with  Obear  avenue  to  Florissant  avenue,  with  Florissant  ave- 
nue to  Ferry  street,  with  Ferry  street  to  Eleventh  street,  with 
Eleventh  street  to  Angelica  street,  with  Angelica  street  and 
Angelica  street  extended  to  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  of 
the  Mississippi  River,  up  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  of 
the  river  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Second  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River  opposite  foot  of  Angelica 
street;  thence  in  a  direct  line  to  and  with  Angelica  street  to 
Blair  avenue,  with  Blair  avenue  to  Salisbury  street,  with  Sal- 
isbury street  to  Nineteenth  street,  with  Nineteenth  street  to 
Hebert  street,  with  Hebert  street  to  Eleventh  street,  with 
Eleventh  street  to  Madison  street,  with  Madison  street  to  Blair 
avenue,  with  Blair  avenue  to  Chambers  street,  with  Chambers 
street  to  Thirteenth  street,  with  Thirteenth  street  to  Tyler 
street,  with  Tyler  street  to  Eleventh  street,  with  Eleventh  street 
to  Brooklyn  street,  with  Brooklyn  street  and  Brooklyn  street 
extended  to  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  tip  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  to  place  of  beginning. 

Third  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River  opposite  foot  of  Brook- 
lyn street;  thence,  in  a  direct  line  to  and  with  Brooklyn  street 
to  Eleventh  street,  with  Eleventh  street  to  Cass  avenue,  with 
Cass  avenue  to  Blair  avenue,  with  Blair  avenue  to  O'Fallon 
street,  with  O'Fallon  street  to  Thirteenth  street,  with  Thir- 
teenth street  to  Carr  street,  with  Carr  street  to  Eleventh  street, 
with  Eleventh  street  to  Wash  street,  with  Wash  street  to  Third 
street,  with  Third  street  to  Carr  street,  with  Carr  street  and 
Carr  street  extended  to  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  of  the 
Mississippi  River,  up  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  to  place 
of  beginning. 

Fourth  Ward — Beginning  in  the  middle  of  the  main  channel 
of  the  Mississippi  River,  opposite  Carr  street,  thence  with  Carr 
street  to  Third  street,  with  Third  street  to  Wash  street,  with 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  I.  29 

CORPORATE  POWERS,  BOUNDARIES   AND  WARDS. 

Wash  street  to  Eleventh  street,  with  Eleventh  street  to  Mor- 
gan street,  with  Morgan  street  to  Twelfth  street,  with  Twelfth 
street  to  Gay  street,  with  Gay  street  to  Thirteenth  street,  with 
Thirteenth  street  to  Lucas  avenue,  with  Lucas  avenue  to  Six- 
teenth street,  with  Sixteenth  street  to  Franklin  avenue,  with 
Franklin  avenue  to  Eighteenth  street,  with  Eighteenth  street 
to  Lucas  avenue,  with  Lucas  avenue  to  Seventeenth  street, 
with  Seventeenth  street  to  Pine  street,  with  Pine  street  to  Fif- 
teenth street,  with  Fifteenth  street  to  Locust  street,  with 
Locust  street  to  Fourteenth  street,  with  Fourteenth  street 
to  St.  Charles  street,  with  St.  Charles  street  to  Thirteenth 
street,  with  Thirteenth  street  to  Market  street,  with  Market 
street  to  Twelfth  street,  with  Twelfth  street  to  Pine  street, 
with  Pine  street  to  Seventh  street,  with  Seventh  street  to 
Market  street,  with  Market  street  to  the  middle  of  the  main 
channel  of  the  Mississippi  River,  up  the  main  channel  of  the 
Mississippi  River  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Fifth  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the  chan- 
nel of  the  Mississippi  River,  opposite  Market  street,  thence  in  a 
direct  line  and  with  Market  street  to  Seventh  street,  with 
Seventh  street  to  Pine  street,  with  Pine  street  to  Twelfth  street, 
with  Twelfth  street  to  Market  street,  with  Market  street  to 
Thirteenth  street,  with  Thirteenth  street  to  St.  Charles  street, 
with  St.  Charles  street  to  Fourteenth  street,  with  Fourteenth 
street  to  Locust  street,  with  Locust  street  to  Fifteenth  street, 
with  Fifteenth  street  to  Pine  street,  with  Pine  street  to  Four- 
teenth street,  with  Fourteenth  street  to  Clark  avenue,  with 
Clark  avenue  to  Sixteenth  street,  with  Sixteenth  street  to  Mis- 
souri Pacific  Railroad,  with  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  and 
Cerre  street  to  Fourth  street,  with  Fourth  street  to  Plum  street, 
with  Plum  street  and  Plum  street  extended  to  the  middle  of 
the  main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River,  up  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Sixth  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River  opposite  foot  of  Plum 
street ;  thence  in  a  direct  line  to  and  with  Plum  street  to  Fourth 
street,  with  Fourth  street  to  Cerre  street,  with  Cerre  street 
and  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railway  to  Twenty-second  street, 


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CORPORATE   POWERS,   BOUNDARIES   AND   WARDS. 

with  Twenty-second  street  to  Chouteau  avenue,  with  Chouteau 
.avenue  to  Grattan  street,  with  Grattan  street  to  Park  avenue, 
with  Park  avenue  to  Thirteenth  street,  with  Thirteenth  street 
to  Rutger  street,  with  Rutger  street  and  Rutger  street  extended 
to  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River, 
.up  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Seventh  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River,  opposite  the  foot  of 
Rutger  street ;  thence  in  a  direct  line  to  and  with  Rutger  street 
to  Thirteenth  street,  with  Thirteenth  street  to  Park  avenue, 
with  Park  avenue  to  Dolman  street,  with  Dolman  street  to 
Lafayette  avenue,  with  Lafayette  avenue  to  Fourteenth  street, 
with  Fourteenth  street  to  Geyer  avenue,  with  Geyer  avenue  to 
Eleventh  street,  with  Eleventh  street  to  Lafayette  avenue,  with 
Lafayette  avenue  to  Broadway,  with  Broadway  to  Lesperance 
street,  with  Lesperance  street  to  Second  street,  with  Second 
street  to  North  Trudeau  street,  with  North  Trudeau  street, 
Trudeau  street  and  Trudeau  street  extended  to  the  middle  of 
the  main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River,  up  the  middle  of 
the  main  channel  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Eighth  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River  opposite  of  Trudeau  street, 
-thence  in  a  direct  line  to  and  with  Trudeau  street  and  North 
Trudeau  street  to  Second  street,  with  Second  street  to  Lesper- 
ance street,  with  Lesperance  street  to  Broadway,  with  Broad- 
way to  Lafayette  avenue,  with  Lafayette  avenue  to  Eleventh 
street,  with  Eleventh  street  to  Victor  street,  with  Victor  street 
to  Twelfth  street,  with  Twelfth  street  to  Lynch  street,  with 
Lynch  street  to  Thirteenth  street,  with  Thirteenth  street  to 
Pestalozzi  street,  with  Pestalozzi  street  to  Ninth  street,  with 
Ninth  street  to  Dorcas  street,  with  Dorcas  street  to  Broadway, 
with  Broadway  to  Victor  street,  with  Victor  street  and  Victor 
street  extended  to  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  of  the  Missis- 
sippi River,  up  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  to  the  place  of 
beginning. 

Ninth  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River,  opposite  foot  of  Victor 
street,  thence  in  a  direct  line  to  and  with  Victor  street  to  Broad- 


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•  CORPORATE   POWERS,   BOUNDARIES   AND   WARDS. 

way,  with  Broadway  to  Dorcas  street,  with  Dorcas  street  to 
Ninth  street,  with  Ninth  street  to  Pestalozzi  street,  with  Pes- 
ialozzi  street  to  Thirteenth  street,  with  Thirteenth  street  to 
Lynch  street,  with  Lynch  street  to  Jefferson  avenue,  with  Jef- 
ierson  avenue  to  Miami  street,  with  Miami  street  to  Broadway, 
with  Broadway  to  Potomac  street,  with  Potomac  street  and 
Potomac  street  extended  to  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  of 
the  Mississippi  River,  up  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  to 
the  place  of  beginning. 

Tenth  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River  opposite  foot  of  Potomac 
street,  thence  in  a  direct  line  to  and  with  Potomac  street  to 
Broadway,  with  Broadway  to  Miami  street,  with  Miami  street 
to  Jefferson  avenue,  with  JefYerson  avenue  to  Gravois  avenue, 
with  Gravois  avenue  to  Magnolia  avenue,  with  Magnolia  ave- 
nue to  Pennsylvania  avenue,  with  Pennsylvania  avenue  to 
Arsenal  street,  with  Arsenal  street  to  Grand  avenue,  with 
Grand  avenue  to  Osceola  street,  with  Osceola  street  and 
Osceola  street  extended  to  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  of 
the  Mississippi  River,  up  the  middle  of  the  main  channel  to  the 
place  of  beginning. 

Eleventh  Ward — Beginning  at  a  point  in  the  middle  of  the 
main  channel  of  the  Mississippi  River  opposite  foot  of  Osceola 
street ;  thence  in  a  direct  line  to  and  with  Osceola  street  to 
Grand  avenue,  with  Grand  avenue  to  Gravois  avenue,  with 
Gravois  avenue  to  Eichelberger  street,  with  Eichelberger  street 
and  Eichelberger  street  extended  to  western  city  limits,  with 
western  and  southern  city  limits  to  the  middle  of  the  main 
channel  of  the  Mississippi  River,  up  the  middle  of  the  main 
channel  of  the  river  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Twelfth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Fourteenth 
street  and  Lafayette  avenue ;  thence  with  Lafayette  avenue  to 
Jefferson  avenue,  with  Jefferson  avenue  to  Ann  avenue,  with 
Ann  avenue  to  Ohio  avenue,  with  Ohio  avenue  to  Russell  ave- 
nue, with  Russell  avenue  to  Oregon  avenue,  with  Oregon  ave- 
nue to  Lafayette  avenue,  with  Lafayette  avenue  to  Grand  ave- 
nue, with  Grand  avenue  to  Arsenal  street,  with  Arsenal  street 
to  Pennsylvania  avenue,  with  Pennsylvania  avenue  to  Mag- 


32  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  I. 

CORPORATE  POWERS,,   BOUNDARIES   AND   WARDS. 

nolia  avenue,  with  Magnolia  avenue  to  Gravois  avenue,  with 
Gravois  avenue  to  Jefferson  avenue,  with  Jefferson  avenue  to 
Lynch  street,  with  Lynch  street  to  Twelfth  street,  with  Twelfth 
street  to  Victor  street,  with  Victor  street  to  Eleventh  street, 
with  Eleventh  street  to  Geycr  avenue,  with  Geyer  avenue  to 
Fourteenth  street,  with  Fourteenth  street  to  Lafayette  avenue, 
the  place  of  beginning. 

Thirteenth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Grattan 
street  and  Chouteau  avenue;  thence  with  Chouteau  avenue  to 
Twenty-second  street,  with  Twenty-second  street  to  Missouri 
Pacific  Railway,  with  Missouri  Pacific  Railway  to  West  Jeffer- 
son avenue,  with  West  Jefferson  avenue  to  Cnouteau  avenue, 
with  Chouteau  avenue  to  Compton  avenue,  with  Compton  ave- 
nue to  Rutger  street,  with  Rutger  street  to  Montrose  avenue, 
with  Montrose  avenue  to  Park  avenue,  with  Park  avenue  to 
Pennsylvania  avenue,  with  Pennsylvania  avenue  to  Lafayette 
avenue,  with  Lafayette  avenue  to  Oregon  avenue,  with  Oregon 
avenue  to  Russell  avenue,  with  Russell  avenue  to  Ohio  avenue, 
with  Ohio  avenue  to  Ann  avenue,  with  Ann  avenue  to  Jeffer- 
son avenue,  with  Jefferson  avenue  to  Lafayette  avenue,  with 
Lafayette  avenue  to  Dolman  street,  with  Dolman  street  to 
Park  avenue,  with  Park  avenue  to  Grattan  street,  with  Grattan 
street  to  Chouteau  avenue,  the  place  of  beginning. 

Fourteenth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Fourteenth 
street  and  Pine  street;  thence  with  Pine  street  to  Beaumont 
street,  with  Beaumont  street  to  Laclede  avenue,  with  Laclede 
avenue  to  Ewing  avenue,  with  Ewing  avenue  to  Bernard  street, 
with  Bernard  street  to  Jefferson  avenue,  with  Jefferson  avenue 
and  West  Jefferson  avenue  to  Missouri  Pacific  Railway,  with 
Missouri  Pacific  Railway  to  Sixteenth  street,  with  Sixteenth 
street  to  Clark  avenue,  with  Clark  avenue  to  Fourteenth  street, 
with  Fourteenth  street  to  Pine  street,  the  place  of  beginning. 

Fifteenth  V/ard — Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Eleventh 
street  and  Carr  street;  thence  with  Carr  street  to  Thirteenth 
street,  with  Thirteenth  street  to  O'Fallon  street,  with  O'Fallon 
street  to  Fourteenth  street,  with  Fourteenth  street  to  Biddle 
street,  with  Biddle  street  to  Sixteenth  street,  with  Sixteenth 
street  to  Carr  street,  with  Carr  street  to  Twenty-second  street, 


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CORPORATE  POWERS,  BOUNDARIES   AND   WARDS. 

with  Twenty-second  street  to  Pine  street,  with  Pine  street  to 
Seventeenth  street,  with  Seventeenth  street  to  Lucas  avenue, 
with  Lucas  avenue  to  Eighteenth  street,  with  Eighteenth  street 
to  Franklin  avenue,  with  Franklin  avenue  to  Sixteenth  street, 
with  Sixteenth  street  to  Lucas  avenue,  with  Lucas  avenue  to 
Thirteenth  street,  with  Thirteenth  street  to  Gay  street,  with 
Gay  street  to  Twelfth  street,  with  Twelfth  street  to  Morgan 
street,  with  Morgan  street  to  Eleventh  street,  with  Eleventh 
street  to  Carr  street  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Sixteenth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Eleventh  and 
Tyler  streets ;  thence  with  Tyler  street  to  Thirteenth  street, 
with  Thirteenth  street  to  Chambers  street ;  thence  with 
Chambers  street  to  Blair  avenue,  with  Blair  avenue  to 
Madison  street,  with  Madison  street  to  Fifteenth  street, 
with  Fifteenth  street  to  Chambers  street,  with  Chambers 
street  to  Sixteenth  street,  with  Sixteenth  street  to  Mullan- 
phy  street,  with  Mullanphy  street  to  Hogan  street,  with 
Hogan  street  to  Cass  avenue,  with  Cass  avenue  to  Jefferson 
avenue,  with  Jefferson  avenue  to  Carr  street,  with  Carr  street 
to  Sixteenth  street,  with  Sixteenth  street  to  Biddle  street, 
with  Biddle  street  to  Fourteenth  street,  with  Fourteenth  street 
to  O'Fallon  street,  with  O'Fallon  street  to  Blair  avenue,  with 
Blair  avenue  to  Cass  avenue,  with  Cass  avenue  to  Eleventh 
street,  with  Eleventh  street  to  Tyler  street,  the  place  of  be- 
ginning. 

Seventeenth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Twenty- 
second  and  Hebert  streets ;  thence  with  Hebert  street  to  Floris- 
sant avenue,  with  Florissant  avenue  to  Farrar  street,  with 
Farrar  street  to  Glasgow  avenue,  with  Glasgow  avenue  to 
Hebert  street,  with  Hebert  street  to  Jefferson  avenue,  with 
Jefferson  avenue  to  Cass  avenue,  with  Cass  avenue  to  Hogan 
street,  with  Hogan  street  to  Maiden  Lane,  with  Maiden  Lane 
to  Nineteenth  street,  with  Nineteenth  street  to  Benton  street, 
with  Benton  street  to  Twenty-second  street,  with  Twenty- 
second  street  to  Hebert  street,  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Eighteenth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Eleventh 
and  Hebert  streets ;  thence  with  Hebert  street  to  Twenty- 
second  street,  with  Twenty-second  street  to  Benton  street,  with 


34  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  I. 

CORPORATE  POWERS,  BOUNDARIES   AND  WARDS. 

Benton  street  to  Nineteenth  street,  with  Nineteenth  street  to 
Maiden  Lane,  with  Maiden  Lane  to  Hogan  street,  with  Hogan 
street  to  Mullanphy  street,  with  Mullanphy  street  to  Sixteenth 
street,  with  Sixteenth  street  to  Chambers  street,  with  Chambers 
street  to  Fifteenth  street,  with  Fifteenth  street  to  Madison 
street,  with  Madison  street  to  Eleventh  street,  with  Eleventh 
street  to  Hebert  street,  the  place  of  beginning. 

Nineteenth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Eleventh 
street  and  Ferry  street;  thence  with  Ferry  street  to  Florissant 
avenue,  with  Florissant  avenue  to  Obear  avenue,  with  Obear 
avenue  to  Carter  avenue,  with  Carter  avenue  to  Warne  avenue, 
with  Warne  avenue  to  Florissant  avenue,  with  Florissant  ave- 
nue to  Adelaide  avenue,  with  Adelaide  avenue  to  Carter  avenue, 
with  Carter  avenue  to  Fair  avenue,  with  Fair  avenue  to 
Natural  Bridge  road,  with  Natural  Bridge  road  to  Clay  ave- 
nue, with  Clay  avenue  to  Ashland  avenue,  with  Ashland 
avenue  to  Sarah  street,  with  Sarah  street  to  St.  Louis  avenue, 
with  St.  Louis  avenue  to  Jefferson  avenue,  with  Jefferson  ave- 
nue to  Hebert  street,  with  Hebert  street  to  Glasgow  avenue, 
with  Glasgow  avenue  to  Farrar  street,  with  Farrar  street  to 
Florissant  avenue,  with  Florissant  avenue  to  Hebert  street, 
with  Hebert  street  to  Nineteenth  street,  with  Nineteenth  street 
to  Salisbury  street,  with  Salisbury  street  to  Blair  avenue,  with 
Blair  avenue  to  Angelica  street,  with  Angelica  street  to 
Eleventh  street,  with  Eleventh  street  to  Ferry  street,  to  place 
of  beginning. 

Twentieth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Jefferson 
avenue  and  St.  Louis  avenue ;  thence  with  St.  Louis  avenue  to 
Coleman  street,  with  Coleman  street  to  Magazine  street,  with 
Magazine  street  to  Webster  avenue,  with  Webster  avenue  to 
Easton  avenue,  with  Easton  avenue  to  Ewing  avenue,  with 
Ewing  avenue  to  Lucas  avenue,  with  Lucas  avenue  to  Beau- 
mont street,  with  Beaumont  street  to  Franklin  avenue,  with 
Franklin  avenue  to  Jefferson  avenue,  with  Jefferson  avenue  to 
St.  Louis  avenue,  the  place  of  beginning. 

Twenty-first  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Ewing 
and  Easton  avenues ;  thence  with  Easton  avenue  to  Web- 
ster avenue,  with  Webster  avenue  to  Magazine  street,  with 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  I.  35 

CORPORATE  POWERS,   BOUNDARIES   AND  WARDS. 

Magazine  street  to  Coleman  street,  with  Coleman  street  to  St. 
Louis  avenue,  with  St.  Louis  avenue  to  Spring  avenue,  with 
Spring  avenue  to  Cozens  avenue,  with  Cozens  avenue  to  Prairie 
avenue,  with  Prairie  avenue  to  Evans  avenue,  with  Evans  ave- 
nue to  Vancleventer  avenue,  with  Vandeventer  avenue  to  Del- 
mar  boulevardj  with  Delmar  boulevard  to  Grand  avenue,  with 
Grand  avenue  to  Lucas  avenue,  with  Lucas  avenue  to  Ewing 
avenue,  with  Ewing  avenue  to  Easton  avenue,  the  place  of 
beginning. 

Twenty-second  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Twenty- 
second  and  Carr  streets ;  thence  with  Carr  street  to  Jeffer- 
son avenue,  with  Jefferson  avenue  to  Franklin  avenue,  with 
Franklin  avenue  to  Beaumont  street,  with  Beaumont  street  to 
Lucas  avenue,  with  Lucas  avenue  to  Grand  avenue,  with  Grand 
avenue  to  Laclede  avenue,  with  Laclede  avenue  to  Beaumont 
street,  with  Beaumont  street  to  Pine  street,  with  Pine  street 
to  Twenty-second  street,  with  Twenty-second  street  to  Carr 
street,  the  place  of  beginning. 

Twenty-third  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Ewing 
and  Laclede  avenues;  thence  with  Laclede  avenue  to  Van- 
deventer avenue,  with  Vandeventer  avenue  to  Manchester 
avenue,  with  Manchester  avenue  to  Papin  street,  with  Papin 
street  to  Missouri  Pacific  Railway,  with  Missouri  Pacific  Rail- 
way to  Tower  Grover  avenue,  with  Tower  Grove  avenue  to 
Folsom  avenue,  with  Folsom  avenue  to  Grand  avenue,  with 
Grand  avenue  to  Lafayette  avenue,  with  Lafayette  avenue  to 
Pennsylvania  avenue,  with  Pennsylvania  avenue  to  Park  ave- 
nue, with  Park  avenue  to  Montrose  avenue,  with  Montrose 
avenue  to  Rutger  street,  with  Rutger  street  to  Compton  avenue, 
with  Compton  avenue  to  Chouteau  avenue,  with  Chouteau 
avenue  to  West  Jefferson  avenue,  with  West  Jefferson  avenue 
and  Jefferson  avenue  to  Bernard  street,  with  Bernard  street 
to  Ewing  avenue,  with  Ewing  avenue  to  Laclede  avenue,  the 
place  of  beginning. 

Twenty-fourth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Grand 
and  Folsom  avenues ;  thence  with  Folsom  avenue  to  Tower 
Grove  avenue,  with  Tower  Grove  avenue  to  Missouri  Pacific 
Railway,  with  Missouri  Pacific  Railway  to  Old  Manchester 


36  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  I. 

CORPORATE  POWERS,   BOUNDARIES   AND   WARDS. 

road,  with  Old  Manchester  road  to  Boyle  avenue,  with 
Boyle  avenue  to  Norfolk  avenue,  with  Norfolk  avenue  to 
Tower  Grove  avenue,  with  Tower  Grove  avenue  to  Swan  ave- 
nue, with  Swan  avenue  to  Newstead  avenue,  with  Newstead 
avenue  to  Missouri  Pacific  Railway,  with  Missouri  Pacific  Rail- 
way to  King's  Highway  boulevard,  with  King's  Highway 
boulevard  to  south  line  of  Forest  Park,  with  south  line  of 
Forest  Park  to  Skinker  road,  writh  Skinker  road  to  Clayton 
avenue,  with  Clayton  avenue  to  western  city  limits,  with  west- 
ern city  limits  in  a  southerly  direction,  to  a  point  where  Eichel- 
berger  street  extended  would  intersect  the  city  limits,  with 
Eichelberger  street  extended  and  Eichelberger  street  to  Gravois 
avenue,  with  Gravois  avenue  to  Grand  avenue,  with  Grand 
avenue  to  Folsom  avenue,  the  place  of  beginning. 

Twenty-fifth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Grand  ave- 
nue and  Delmar  boulevard ;  thence  with  Delmar  boulevard  to 
Vandeventer  avenue,  with  Vandeventer  avenue  to  Cook  ave- 
nue, with  Cook  avenue  to  Pendleton  avenue,  with  Pendleton 
avenue  to  Fairfax  avenue,  with  Fairfax  avenue  to  Whittier 
street,  with  Whittier  street  to  Olive  street,  with  Olive  street  to 
Boyle  avenue,  with  Boyle  avenue  to  Lindell  boulevard,  with 
Lindell  boulevard  to  Newstead  avenue,  with  Newstead  avenue 
to  Forest  Park  boulevard,  with  Forest  Park  boulevard  to  Boyle 
avenue,  with  Boyle  avenue  to  Chouteau  avenue,  with  Chouteau 
avenue  to  Newstead  avenue,  with  Newstead  avenue,  offset  on 
Afanchcster  avenue  to  Swan  avenue,  with  Swan  avenue  to 
Tower  Grove  avenue,  with  Tower  Grove  avenue  to  Norfolk 
avenue,  with  Norfolk  avenue  to  Boyle  avenue,  with  Boyle  ave- 
nue to  Old  Manchester  road,  with  Old  Manchester  road  to 
Missouri  Pacific  Railway,  with  Missouri  Pacific  Railway  to 
Papin  street,  with  Papin  street  to  Manchester  avenue,  with 
Manchester  avenue  to  Vandeventer  avenue,  with  Vandeventer 
avenue  to  Laclede  avenue,  with  Laclede  avenue  to  Grand  ave- 
nue, with  Grand  avenue  to  Delmar  boulevard,  trie  place  of 
beginning. 

Twenty-sixth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  St.  Louis 
and  Spring  avenues ;  thence  with  St.  Louis  avenue  to 
Sarah  street,  with  Sarah  street  to  Ashland  avenue,  with  Ash- 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  I.  37 

CORPORATE   POWERS,   BOUNDARIES   AND   WARDS. 

land  avenue  to  Newstead  avenue,  with  Newstead  avenue  to  St. 
Louis  avenue,  with  St.  Louis  avenue  to  Pendleton  avenue,  with 
Pendleton  avenue  to  Kennedy  avenue,  with  Kennedy  avenue 
to  Marcus  avenue,  with  Marcus  avenue  to  Garfield  avenue,  with 
Garfield  avenue  to  Taylor  avenue,  with  Taylor  avenue  to  Cook 
avenue,  with  Cook  avenue  to  Yandeventer  avenue,  with  Van- 
de venter  avenue  to  Evans  avenue,  with  Evans  avenue  to  Prairie 
avenue,  with  Prairie  avenue  to  Cozens  avenue,  with  Cozens 
avenue  to  Spring  avenue,  with  Spring  avenue  to  St.  Louis  ave- 
nue, the  place  of  beginning. 

Twenty-  seventh  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Pen- 
dleton and  St.  Louis  avenues ;  thence  with  St.  Louis 
avenue  to  Marcus  avenue,  with  Marcus  avenue  to  Natural 
Bridge  road,  with  Natural  Bridge  road  to  Euclid  avenue,  with 
Euclid  avenue  to  Elorissant  avenue,  with  Florissant  avenue  to 
Calvary  avenue,  with  Calvary  avenue  to  Broadway,  with 
Broadway  to  Wabash  Railway,  with  Wabash  Railway  to 
western  city  limits,  with  western  city  limits  to  Page  boulevard, 
with  Page  boulevard  to  Taylor  avenue,  with  Taylor  avenue  to 
Garfield  avenue,  with  Garfield  avenue  to  Marcus  avenue,  with 
Marcus  avenue  to  Kennedy  avenue,  with  Kennedy  avenue  to 
Pendleton  avenue,  with  Pendleton  avenue  to  St.  Louis  avenue, 
the  place  of  beginning. 

Twenty-eighth  Ward — Beginning  at  intersection  of  Pendle- 
ton and  Cook  avenues ;  thence  with  Cook  avenue  to  Tay- 
lor avenue,  with  Taylor  avenue  to  Page  boulevard,  with  Page 
boulevard  to  western  city  limits,  with  western  city  limits  to 
Clayton  avenue,  with  Clayton  avenue  to  Skinker  road,  with 
Skinker  road  to  southwest  corner  of  Forest  Park,  with  south 
line  of  Forest  Park  to  King's  Highway  boulevard,  with  King's 
Highway  boulevard  to  Missouri  Pacific  Railway,  with  Missouri 
Pacific  Railway  to  Newstead  avenue,  with  Newstead  avenue 
to  Chouteau  avenue,  with  Chouteau  avenue  to  Boyle  avenue, 
with  Boyle  avenue  to  Forest  Park  boulevard,  with  Forest  Park 
boulevard  to  Newstead  avenue,  with  Newstead  avenue  to  Lin- 
dell  boulevard,  with  Lindell  boulevard  to  Boyle  avenue,  with 
Boyle  avenue  to  Olive  street,  with  Olive  street  to  Whittier 
street,  with  Whittier  street  to  Fairfax  avenue,  with  Fairfax 


38  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  I. 

CORPORATE  POWERS,  BOUNDARIES  AND  WARDS. 

avenue  to  Peridleton  avenue,  with  Pendleton  avenue  to  Cook 
avenue,  the  place  of  beginning. 

NOTE — In  the  above  ward  descriptions  where  streets  and 
avenues  are  named,  it  is  understood  to  be  the  center  of  each 
street  or  avenue,  and  where  railroads  are  named,  it  is  under- 
stood to  be  the  center  of  the  main  track. 

*SEC.  4.  Correction  of  Ward  Limits  and  Permanent 
Division  Lines. — The  Municipal  Assembly  shall,  every  five 
years  after  the  adoption  of  this  Charter,  establish  corrected 
ward  limits,  which  correction  shall  be  made  as  near  as  practi- 
cable so  as  to  equalize  the  number  of  registered  voters  in  each 
ward;  but  in  making  the  division  the  present  eastern  and 
western  boundaries  of  wards  as  herein  established  shall  be  re- 
tained, so  that  Rosatti,  Twelfth  and  Eleventh  streets,  Jefferson 
avenue  and  the  present  city  limits  shall  remain  division  lines. 


*  By  the  terms  of  the  Act  of  March  31, 1885  (Laws  of  1885,  p.  72) ,  a  commission,  on 
February  17,  1887,  appointed  by  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  City  of 
St.  Louis,  established  ward  lines,  which  remained  until  the  Municipal  Assembly 
established  new  ward  lines  by  Ordinance  No.  16,fi62,  approved  April  22,  1892;  and  the 
ward  lines  were  again  changed  by  Ordinance  No.  19,289,  approved  March  28,  1898, 
which  established  the  existing  ward  lines. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  II.  39 

ARTICLE  II. 

ELECTION  AND  REGISTRATION.* 

SECTION. 

1.  General  election  for  city  officers. 

SECTION  i.  A  general  election  of  all  elective  officers  re- 
quired by  this  Charter  or  by  any  ordinance  of  this  city  shall 
be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  April,  1877,  and  every  four 
years  thereafter,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter 
and  the  Scheme. 

*A11  the  original  charter  sections  except  Section  1  of  Article  II  have  been  super- 
seded by  laws  passed  by  the  General  Assembly,  Laws,  1899,  pp.  179-197. 


40 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III. 


ARTICLE  III. 


LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 


SECTION 

1.  Municipal    Assembly    to    consist 

of  two  Houses. 

MEMBERS     OF     MUNICIPAL     AS- 
SEMBLY— ORGANIZATION    AND 
SESSIONS. 

2.  Council    composed    of     13     mem- 

bers, qualifications,  etc. 

3.  Terms  of  members  of  first  Coun- 

cil ;  tie  vote ;  one-half  of  Coun- 
cil to  be  elected  biennially. 

4.  House  of  Delegates  elected  every 

two    years. 

5.  Qualifications     of     members     of 

House  of  Delegates. 

6.  Additional       qualifications       for 

members  of  Assembly  ;  oath  of 
members,  etc. 

7.  Vacancies      in      Assembly,     how 

filled. 

8.  Each   House  to  appoint  its  own 

officers  and  be  judge  of  the 
election,  etc.,  of  its  own  mem- 
bers ;  tie  vote  ;  may  punish  for 
contempt ;  president  of  Council 
elected  every  four  years ; 
speaker  of  House ;  quorum ; 
sessions ;  adjournments,  etc. 

9.  Journal  of  proceedings. 

10.  Members    of   Assembly    ineligible 

for    office    during    terms. 

11.  One    annual    session. 

LEGISLATIVE     PROCEEDINGS. 

12.  Style  of  ordinances. 

13.  Origin,    amendment   and   passage 

of  bills ;  report  on  public  im- 
provement bills  required  with- 
in limited  time. 

14.  Compensation  of  members  of  As- 

sembly. 

15.  Engrossment  of  bills. 

16.  Vote    of    majority    of    members 

elect  necessary   to   pass  bill. 


SECTION 

17.  Amendments ;    reports     of     com- 

mittees on  Conference. 

18.  Reference  to  title  insufficient  to 

re-enact. 

19.  Form  of  amendments. 

20.  Motion  to  reconsider,  etc. 

21.  Ordinances    to    take    effect    ten 

days  after  approval,   except  in 
cases  of  emergency. 

22.  Bills    to   be   signed   in   open   ses- 

sion ;    to    be    read    at    length ; 
objections,     how     disposed     of. 

23.  Bills    approved    to     be    returned 

by  Mayor  within  ten  days. 

24.  Mayor    may    object    to    Items    of 

appropriation  and  approve  por- 
tions of  bill. 

25.  Veto  of  ordinances  by  Mayor. 

LEGISLATIVE  POWERS   ENUMER- 
ATED—LIMITATIONS. 

26.  Legislative      powers      vested     in 

Mayor  and  Assembly. 

First — To  assess,  levy  and  col- 
lect taxes ;  borrow  and  appro- 
priate money. 

Second — To  establish,  improve, 
light,  sprinkle,  etc.,  streets ; 
condemn  property ;  repairs  of 
streets,  bridges,  etc. ;  water- 
courses, water  works ;  Police 
and  Fire  Departments. 

Third  —  Municipal  buildings  ; 
market  places,  and  authority 
to  improve  or  sell  parks,  etc. 

Fourth — To  improve  harbor  ; 
regulate  ferries ;  create  port 
wardens ;  regulate  mooring  of 
vessels ;  lease  portions  of 
wharf,  etc. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III. 


41 


LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 


«ECTION. 

Fifth — To  license,  tax,  and  reg- 
ulate various  kinds  of  busi- 
ness, etc. ;  fix  rates  for  car- 
riage, drayage,  etc.,  and  regu- 
late width  of  tires ;  to  sup- 
press certain  occupations  and 
amusements. 

Sixth — To  establish  quarantine  ; 
regulate  quarrying,  slaughter- 
ing of  animals,  and  abate 
nuisances ;  summary  power  of 
Mayor. 

Seventh — To  establish  standard 
for  weights  and  measures ;  in- 
spection of  lumber,  etc.,  and 
various  articles  of  food  and 
manufacture,  etc. 

Eighth — To  regulate  and  pro- 
vide for  elections ;  fix  jury 
fees,  salaries,  etc. 

Ninth — To  prevent  riots;  to 
regulate  or  prohibit  animals 
running  at  large  ;  obstructions 
on  streets,  etc. 

Tenth — To  impose  and  collect 
fines,  etc. ;  commitments  to 
Workhouse. 

Eleventh — To  protect  rights  of 
city  in  corporations ;  grant, 
regulate  or  repeal  railway 
franchises ;  free  passes  on 
street  railways  prohibited. 


SECTION. 

Twelfth — To  examine  premises  ; 
regulate  storage  of  gunpowder, 
etc.,  prohibit  wooden  buildings, 
and  enforce  precautions 
against  fire ;  inspection  of 
buildings,  etc. 

Thirteenth — To  provide  for  in- 
sane persons  and  paupers ; 
assessments,  etc.,  of  state  rev- 
enue. 

Fourteenth — General  authority 
to  pass  and  enforce  ordi- 
nances ;  provide  for  census. 

27.  To  guard  against  fires  in  public 

halls,  etc. 

28.  Numbering,     printing,      etc.,      of 

ordinances ;  repeal  of  same. 
I  29.  Revision  of  general  ordinances. 
I  30.  Assembly  forbidden  to  remit 

taxes   or  compromise   claims. 

31.  Power   to   compel    attendance   of 

witnesses,  etc.,  and  administer 
oaths. 

32.  Power    to    distribute    duties    of 

officers  and  abrogate  offices. 

33.  Appropriations      for      charitable 

purposes. 

34.  Stone    quarries,    soap    factories, 

etc.,  forbidden  within  300  feet 
of  dwellings,  except  by  con- 
sent. 

35.  Restrictions  as  to  cholera,  small- 

pox patients. 


SECTION  i.  The  Municipal  Assembly.— The  legislative 
power  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  be  vested  in  a  Council 
and  a  House  of  Delegates,  to  be  styled  the  "Municipal  Assem- 
bly of  the  City  of  St.  Louis." 


MEMBERS    OE    MUNICIPAL    ASSEMBLY ORGANIZATION    AND 

SESSIONS. 

*SEC.  2.  The  Council. — The  Council  shall  consist  of  thir- 
teen members,  one  of  whom  shall  be  its  president,  who  sHall 
be  chosen  on  a  general  ticket  by  the  qualified  voters  of  the  city, 
for  four  years,  subject  to  the  exception  stated  in  the  next 
section.  Every  member  of  the  Council  shall  be  a  qualified 


*The  provision  originally  contained  in  Section  2,  requiring  members  of  the 
Council  to  be  free-holders  of  property,  was  repealed  by  Section  5259  of  the  Revised 
Statutes,  1899,  and  is  omitted. 


42  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III. 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

voter,  at  least  thirty  years  of  age,  and  shall  have  been  a  citizen 
of  this  State  five  years,  and  an  inhabitant  of  the  city  for  one 
,year  next  before  the  day  of  his  election. 

SEC.  3.  Terms  of  Couneilmen  First  Elected— Elec- 
tions.— Of  the  members  of  the  Council  first  elected,  the  presi- 
dent and  the  six  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  shall 
hold  their  office  for  four  years,  and  the  other  six  for  only  two 
years.  In  case  of  a  tie  the  senior  in  age  shall  hold  for  four 
years.  At  each  general  election  thereafter  for  members  of  the 
House  of  Delegates,  members  of  the  Council  shall  be  elected 
to  succeed  those  whose  terms  will  then  have  expired. 

SEC.  4.  House  of  Delegates— Election. — The  House  of 
Delegates  shall  consist  of  one  member  from  each  ward,  to  be 
chosen  every  two  years  by  the  qualified  voters  o'i  the  several 
wards. 

SEC.  5.  Qualification  of  Delegates.— Every  member  of 
the  House  of  Delegates  shall,  before  the  day  of  election,  have 
attained  the  age  of  at  least  twenty-five  years,  have  been  a  citi- 
zen of  the  United  States  and  an  inhabitant  of  the  city  three 
years,  and  of  the  ward  which  he  may  Se  chosen  to  represent, 
one  year,  and  sKall  have  paid  city  and  State  taxes  for  at  least 
two  years  next  before  the  day  of  election. 

SEC.  6.  Additional  Qualifications.  — In  addition  to  qual- 
ifications in  the  preceding  sections,  every  member  of  the 
Municipal  Assembly  shall  possess  the  following :  He  shall  not 
be  directly  or  indirectly  interested  in  any  contract  with  the 
city,  or  any  department  or  institution  thereof,  and  shall  not  be 
indebted  to  the  State  or  city  on  account  of  any  tax.  He  shall 
not  have  been  convicted  of  malfeasance  in  office,  bribery  or 
other  corrupt  practices  or  crimes.  Before  any  member  of  the 
Council  or  House  of  Delegates  shall  take  his  seat  or  perform 
the  duties  of  his  ofiice,  he  shall  take  and  subscribe  an  oath 
before  the  Register,  (who  shall  file  the  same  in  his  office,)  that 
he  possesses  all  the  qualifications  required  in  this  and  the  pre- 
ceding sections,  and  is  not  subiect  to  any  of  the  disqualifica- 
tions therein  named,  and  that  fie  will  support  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States  and  of  this  State,  and  faithfully  discharge 
the  duties  of  his  office.  Any  member,  who  shall  at  any  time 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III.  43 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

during  his  term  cease  to  possess  any  of  the  qualifications  men- 
tioned in  this  and  the  preceding  sections,  shall  thereby  forfeit 
his  office,  and  the  same  shall  be  filled  as  provided  for  in  cases 
of  other  vacancies. 

SEC.  7.  Vacancies  in  Assembly— How  Filled.— When- 
ever a  vacancy  occurs,  from  any  cause,  in  the  office  of  any 
member  of  the  Assembly,  the  Mayor,  upon  information  thereof, 
shall,  by  proclamation,  order  an  election  to  fill  such  vacancy 
for  the  unexpired  term  thereof,  if  the  same  exceed  three 
months,  to  be  held  upon  some  day  named  in  such  order,  not  less 
than  twenty  nor  more  than  thirty  days  next  after  the  issuing 
of  the  proclamation. 

SEC.  8.  Officers  —  Prerogatives  of  Assembly  —  Ses- 
sions— Quorum— Adjournment.— Each  house  shall  appoint 
its  own  officers,  except  the  president  of  the  Council,  and  shall 
be  sole  judge  of  the  qualifications,  election  and  returns  of  its 
own  members ;  and  in  case  of  a  tie  vote  shall  certify  the 
same  to  the  Mayor,  who  shall  order  a  new  election ;  may  deter- 
mine the  rules  of  its  own  proceedings,  except  as  herein  pro- 
vided ;  may  arrest  and  punish  by  fine,  not  exceeding  three  hun- 
dred dollars,  or  imprisonment,  as  provided  by  ordinance,  not 
exceeding  ten  days,  or  both,  any  person  not  a  member,  who 
shall  be  guilty  of  disrespect  to  the  house  by  any  disorderly 
or  contemptuous  behavior  in  its  presence  during  its  sessions; 
may  punish  its  members  for  disorderly  conduct,  and  with  the 
concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  all  members-elect,  may  expel  a 
member ;  but  no  member  shall  be  expelled  a  second  time  for  the 
same  cause.  The  presiding  member  of  the  Council  shall  be 
designated  as  "president,"  and  shall  be  elected  as  such  by  the 
qualified  voters,  by  general  ticket  every  four  years.  The  pre- 
siding officer  of  the  House  of  Delegates  shall  be  designated  as 
"speaker,"  and  be  elected  by  the  members  thereof.  A  majority 
of  the  whole  number  of  members  of  each  house  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  to  do  business :  but  a  smaller  number  may  adjourn 
from  day  to  day,  and  may  compel  the  attendance  of  absent 
members  in  such  a  manner  and  under  such  penalties  as  each 
house  may  provide.  The  sessions  of  each  house  shall  be  held 
with  open  doors.  Neither  house  shall,  without  consent  of  the 


44  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III. 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

other,  adjourn  for  more  than  seven  days  at  any  one  time,  nor 
to  another  place  than  that  in  which  the  two  houses  may  be 
sitting.  The  Assembly  shall  hold  its  sessions  in  the  City  Hall, 
subject  to  temporary  change  as  aforesaid. 

SEC.  9.  Journal  to  Be  Kept. — Each  house  shall  keep  a 
journal  of  its  proceedings,  and  the  yeas  and  nays  of  the  mem- 
bers on  any  question  shall,  at  the  desire  of  any  two  members, 
be  taken  and  entered  therein. 

SEC.  10.  Members  Ineligible  to  Office  During1  Term.— 
No  member  of  the  Assembly  shall,  during  the  term  for  which 
he  is  elected,  be  eligible  or  appointed  to  any  office  under  the 
city,  nor  shall  any  member  of  the  Assembly,  while  such,  be  an 
'employe  of  the  city,  or  of  either  branch  of  the  Assembly,  in  any 
capacity  whatever,  and  no  compensation  shall  be  audited  or 
paid  for  services  as  such  officer  or  employe. 

*SEC.  11.  One  Annual  Session. — One  session  of  the  As- 
sembly shall  be  held  annually,  beginning  on  the  third  Tuesday 
of  April. 

LEGISLATIVE  PROCEEDINGS. 

SEC.  12.  Style  of  Ordinances. — The  style  of  ordinances 
of  this  city  shall  be :  "Be  it  ordained  by  the  Municipal  Assem- 
bly of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  as  follows:1' 

tSEc.  13.  Origin,  Amendment  and  Passage  of  Bills- 
Report  on  Public  Improvement  Bills  Required  Within 
Limited  Time. — No  ordinance  shall  be  passed  except  by  bill, 
and  no  bill  shall  be  so  amended  in  its  passage  through  either 
house  as  to  change  its  original  purpose.  Bills  may  originate  in 
either  house,  and  may  be  amended  or  rejected  by  the  other; 
and  every  bill  shall  be  read  on  three  different  days  in  each 
house.  Except  as  hereinafter  specifically  provided,  no  bill  shall 
be  considered  for  final  passage  unless  the  same  has  been  re- 
ported upon  by  a  committee.  No  bill  (except  general  appro- 
priation bills,  which  may  embrace  the  various  subjects  and  ac- 
counts for  and  on  account  of  which  moneys  are  appropriated), 
shall  contain  more  than  one  subject,  which  shall  be  clearly  ex- 


*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election  held  on  October  6,  1885. 

tThis  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend 
ment  election  held  October  22, 1'.KH. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III.  45 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

pressed  in  its  title.  Any  bill  or  matter  recommended  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Improvements  and  referred  to  either  a  stand- 
ing or  special  committee  of  the  Council  or  House  of  Delegates 
shall  be  reported  upon  by  that  committee  within  forty  days 
from  the  time  it  was  so  referred.  In  the  event  of  failure  of 
such  committee  to  so  report  within  the  time  specified,  the  bill 
or  subject  matter  shall  be  considered  as  before  the  Council  or 
House  of  Delegates,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  shall  be  referred 
to  a  committee  of  the  whole  Council  or  House  of  Delegates, 
and  acted  upon  by  said  committee  of  the  whole. 

SEC.  14.  Compensation  of  Members. — Each  member  of 
the  Assembly  shall  be  entitled  to  receive,  for  his  official  serv- 
ices of  every  kind,  annually,  during  his  term  of  office,  three 
hundred  dollars,  and  no  more;  but  may  be  paid  his  reasonable 
expenses,  authorized  and  incurred  in  any  such  service,  to  be 
approved  by  the  house  of  which  he  is  a  memSer.  Whenever 
a  member  of  the  Assembly  is  absent,  without  leave  from  his 
house  first  obtained  therefor,  for  an  entire  sitting  of  any  meet- 
ing, he  shall  forfeit  one  dollar  of  his  official  compensation ;  and 
for  this  purpose  the  roll  of  each  house  shall  be  called  at  each 
meeting  thereof,  and  the  names  of  such  absentees  shall  be 
entered  upon  the  journal,  and  be  reported  at  the  close  of  each 
meeting  to  the  auditor,  who  shall  deduct  from  each  member's 
allowance  the  amount  of  forfeitures  incurred  as  aforesaid. 

SEC.  15.  Engrossment  of  Bills.  —  All  amendments 
adopted  by  either  house,  to  a  bill  pending  and  originating  in 
the  same,  shall  be  incorporated  with  the  bill  by  engrossment. 
The  engrossing  shall  be  under  the  supervision  of  ^  committee 
of  three,  whose  report  to  the  house  shall  set  forth,  in  writing, 
that  they  find  the  bill  truly  engrossed,  and  correct. 

SEC.  16.  Majority  Vote  Necessary  to  Pass  Bill.— No 
bill  shall  become  an  ordinance  unless  on  its  final  passage  the 
majority  of  the  members  elected  to  each  house  vote  in  its  favor, 
and  the  vote  be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  the  names  of  the 
members  voting  for  and  against  the  same  be  entered  on  the 
journal. 

SEC.  17.  Amendments,  Conference  Reports. — No  amend- 
ment to  bills  bv  either  house  shall  be  concurred  in  by  the  other,. 


46  CITY  CHARTER — AETICLE  III. 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

except  by  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  members  elected  thereto, 
taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  the  names  of  those  voting  for  and 
against,  recorded  upon  the  journal  thereof;  and  reports  of 
committees  of  conference  shall  be  adopted  in  either  house  only 
by  the  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  members  elected  thereto,  taken 
by  yeas  and  nays,  and  the  names  of  those  voting  recorded  upon 
the  journal. 

SEC.  18.     Reference  to  Title  Insufficient  to  Re-Enact. 

— No  ordinance  shall  be  revived  or  re-enacted  by  mere  refer- 
ence to  the  title  thereof,  but  the  same  shall  be  set  forth  at 
length,  as  if  it  were  an  original  ordinance. 

SEC.  19.  Form  of  Amendment.— No  ordinance  shall  be 
amended  by  providing  that  designated  words  thereof  be 
stricken  out,  or  that  designated  words  be  inserted,  or  that 
designated  words  be  stricken  out  and  others  inserted  in  lieu 
thereof;  but  the  ordinance  or  section  amen'ded  shall  be  set 
forth  in  full,  as  amended. 

SEC.  20.  Motion  to  Reconsider.— When  a  bill  is  put  upon 
its  final  passage  in  either  house,  and  failing  to  pass,  a  motion 
is  made  to  reconsider  the  vote  by  which  it  was  defeated,  the 
vote  upon  such  motion  to  reconsider  shall  be  immediately  taken, 
and  the  subject  finally  disposed  of  before  the  house  proceeds  to 
any  other  business. 

SEC.  21.  When  Ordinances  to  Take  Effect.— No  ordi- 
nance passed  by  the  Assembly,  except  the  general  appropria- 
tion ordinance,  shall  take  effect  or  go  in  force  until  ten  days 
after  its  approval,  unless  in  case  of  an  emergency,  (which  emer- 
gency must  be  expressed  in  the  preamble  or  in  the  body  of  the 
ordinance,)  the  Assembly  shall,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all 
the  members  elected  to  each  house,  otherwise  direct ;  said  vote 
to  be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  entered  upon  the  journal. 

SEC.  22.     Signing*  of  Bills— Reading— Objections.— No 

bill  shall  become  an  ordinance  until  the  same  shall  have  been 
signed  by  the  presiding  officer  of  each  of  the  two  houses  in 
open  session ;  and  before  such  officer  shall  affix  his  signature 
to  any  bill,  he  shall  suspend  all  other  business,  declare  that 
such  bill  will  now  be  read  and  that,  if  no  objections  be  made, 
he  will  sign  the  same  to  the  end  that  it  may  become  an  ordi- 


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LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

nance.  The  bill  shall  then  be  read  at  length,  and  if  no  objec- 
tions be  made,  he  shall,  in  the  presence  of  the  house  in  open 
session,  and  before  any  other  business  is  entertained,  affix  his 
signature,  which  fact  shall  be  noted  on  the  journal,  and  the 
bill  immediately  sent  to  the  other  house.  When  it  reaches  the 
other  house,  the  presiding  officer  thereof  shall  announce  the  re- 
ception of  the  bill,  and  the  same  proceedings  shall  thereupon 
be  observed,  in  every  respect,  as  in  the  house  in  which  it  was 
first  signed.  If  in  either  house  any  member  shall  object  that 
any  substitution,  omission  or  insertion  has  occurred,  so  that 
the  bill  proposed  to  be  signed  is  not  the  same  in  substance  and 
form  as  when  considered  and  passed  by  the  house,  such  ob- 
jection shall  be  passed  upon  by  the  house,  and  if  sustained,  the 
presiding  officer  shall  withhold  his  signature. 

*SEC.  23.  Return  of  Bills  by  Mayor. — Every  bill,  imme- 
diately after  its  passage  in  both  houses,  shall  be  presented  to 
the  Mayor,  for  his  approval  or  disapproval.  And  the  Mayor 
shall,  within  ten  days  after  such  presentation,  consider  and 
return  such  bill  to  the  house  in  which  it  originated  with  his 
approval  indorsed  thereon  or  accompanied  by  his  objection. 
If  he  approves  the  same  it  shall  become  a  law,  or  in  case  the 
Municipal  Assembly  remain  in  session  for  ten  days  after  such 
presentation,  and  the  Mayor  fails  to  return  such  bill  as  herein 
required,  it  shall  become  a  law  as  if  approved  by  him.  Pro- 
vided, that  if  the  Municipal  Assembly  shall  finally  adjourn 
within  ten  days  after  any  such  presentation,  the  Mayor  shall, 
within  ten  days  after  such  adjournment,  return  such  bill  to 
the  Register,  with  his  approval  or  reasons  for  disapproval, 
otherwise  it  shall  become  a  law  as  if  approved. 

SEC.  24.  Executive  Privilege  as  to  Items  of  Appropria- 
tion.— If  any  ordinance  presented  to  the  Mayor  contain  sev- 
eral items  of  appropriation,  he  may  object  to  one  or  more  items 
while  approving  other  portions  of  the  bill.  In  such  case,  he 
shall  append  to  tlie  ordinance  at  the  time  of  signing  it,  a  state- 
ment of  the  items  to  which  he  objects,  and  the  appropriation 
so  obiected  to  shall  not  take  effect.  If  the  Assemblv  be  in  ses- 


*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amendment 
election  held  on  October  6,  1885. 


48  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III. 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

sion,  he  shall  transmit  to  the  house  in  which  the  ordinance 
originated,  a  copy  of  such  statement,  and  the  items  objected  to 
shall  be  separately  reconsidered.  If  it  be  not  in  session,  then 
he  shall  transmit  the  same  within  ten  days  to  the  Register,  with 
his  approval,  or  reasons  for  disapproval. 

SEC.  25.  Action  on  Vetoes.— Every  bill  presented  as 
aforesaid,  but  returned  without  the  approval  of  the  Mayor, 
and  with  his  objections  thereto,  shall  stand  as  reconsidered  in 
the  house  to  which  it  is  returned.  The  House  shall  cause  the 
objections  of  the  Mayor  to  be  entered  at  large  upon  the  journal, 
and  proceed,  at  its  convenience,  to  consider  the  question  pend- 
ing, which  shall  be  in  this  form:  "Shall  the  bill  pass,  the 
objections  of  the  Mayor  thereto  notwithstanding?"  The  vote 
upon  this  question  shall  be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  the 
names  entered  upon  the  journal,  and  if  two-thirds  of  all  the 
members  elected  to  the  house  vote  in  the  affirmative,  the  pre- 
siding officer  of  that  house  shall  certify  that  fact  on  the  rolls, 
attesting  the  same  by  his  signature,  and  send  the  bill,  with  the 
objections  of  the  Mayor,  to  the  other  house,  in  wnicn  like  pro- 
ceedings shall  be  had  in  relation  thereto,  and  if  the  bill  receives 
a  like  majority  of  trie  votes  of  all  the  members  elected  to  that 
house,  the  vote  being  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  the  presiding* 
officer  thereof  shall  in  like  manner  certify  the  fact  upon  the 
bill.  This  bill,  thus  certified,  shall  be  deposited  in  the  office  of 
the  Register,  as  an  authentic  act,  and  shall  become  an  ordinance 
in  the  same  manner,  and  with  like  effect,  as  if  it  had  received 
the  approval  of  the  Mayor. 

LEGISLATIVE   POWERS   ENUMERATED LIMITATIONS. 

SEC.  26.  Legislative  Powers  Vested  in  Mayor  and  As- 
sembly.— Tlu1  Mayor  and  Assembly  shall  have  power  within 
the  city,  by  ordinance  not  inconsistent  with  the  constitution, 
or  any  law  of  this  State,  or  of  this  charter — 

*  First— To  Levy  and  Collect  Taxes,  Borrow  and  Appropri- 
ate Money. — To  assess,  levy  and  collect  all  taxes  for  gc-iuTitl 

*This  paragraph  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  October  22, 1901. 

City  of  St.  Louis  authorized  to  issue  $5,000,000.00  of  bonds  to  aid  World's  Fair,  by 
amendment  of  the  Constitution,  Article  X,  Section  12.  adopted  at  election  held 
November  6, 1900. 


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LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

and  special  purposes,  on  real  and  personal  property  and  licenses 
and  on  any  or  all  of  the  subjects  or  objects  of  taxation  which 
the  municipality  may  tax  under  the  constitution  and  laws  of 
this  State ;  to  borrow  money  on  the  faith  and  credit  of  the  city, 
by  the  issue  or  sale  of  bonds  or  notes,  for  such  amounts,  and 
for  such  time,  and  for  such  purpose  as  may  be  required  for 
current  expenses,  and  for  payment  of  maturing  bonds  and  for 
such  other  purposes  as  may  be  authorized  by  this  charter  or  by 
the  constitution  of  this  State  in  force  at  the  time ;  but  no  note 
for  the  purpose  of  borrowing  money  shall  be  made  or  issued 
for  a  longer  period  than  twelve  months ;  to  appropriate  the 
money  of  the  city  for  legitimate  purposes,  and  provide  for  its 
debts  and  expenses. 

Second— To  Establish,  Improve,  Light,  Sprinkle,  Etc., 
Streets— Condemn  Property— Repair  Streets,  Bridges,  Etc. 
-Water  Courses— Water  Works— Police  and  Fire  Depart- 
ments.— To  establish,  open,  vacate,  alter,  widen,  extend,  pave, 
or  otherwise  improve,  and  sprinkle  all  streets,  avenues,  side- 
walks, alleys,  wharves  and  public  grounds  and  squares,  and 
provide  for  the  payment  of  the  costs  and  expenses  thereof  in 
the  manner  in  this  charter  prescribed ;  and  also  to  provide  for 
grading,  lighting,  cleaning  and  repairing  the  same,  and  to 
condemn  private  property  for  public  uses,  as  provided  for  in 
this  charter ;  to  construct  and  keep  in  repair  all  bridges,  streets, 
sewers  and  drains,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof,  and  to 
confine,  wail  up,  cover  over,  alter  or  change  the  channel  of 
water  courses ;  to  establish  and  maintain  waterworks  for  fully 
supplying  the  city  with  wholesome  water,  and  to  distribute  the 
same  for  public  and  private  uses  in  such  manner  and  upon  such 
terms  as  shall  be  provided  by  ordinance ;  to  establish  and  main- 
tain a  sanitary  system,  a  system  of  police  and  a  fire  department ; 
Provided,  That  no  system  of  police  shall  be  established  or 
maintained,  other  than  the  present  metropolitan  system,  as  long 
as  the  same  is  established  by  law. 

Third—  Municipal  Buildings,  Market  Places— Author- 
ity to  Improve  or  Sell  Parks,  Etc.  — To  erect,  purchase  or 
rent  a  city  hall,  work  houses,  houses  of  correction,  poor  houses, 
insane  asylums,  engine  houses,  and  all  other  necessary  munici- 


50  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III. 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

pal  buildings ;  to  establish  market  places  and  meat  shops,  and 
license,  regulate,  sell,  lease,  abolish,  or  otherwise  dispose  of 
the  same ;  and  to  inclose,  improve,  regulate  or  sell  all  parks  and 
other  public  grounds  belonging  to  the  city. 

Fourth— -To  Improve  Harbor,  Regulate  Ferries,  Create 
Port  Wardens,  Regulate  Mooring-  of  Vessels,  Lease  Portions 
of  Wharf,  Etc. — To  construct  all  needful  improvements  in  the 
harbor;  to  control,  guide  or  deflect  the  currents  of  the  river; 
to  erect,  repair  and  regulate  public  wharves  and  docks ;  to 
regulate  marine  railways ;  to  regulate  and  license  all  ferries 
and  towboats,  towing  boats  or  other  water  craft,  into,  or  out  of, 
or  within  the  harbor;  to  sell  ferry  privileges  within  the  city 
limits,  .and  to  establish  ferry  rates ;  create  the  office  of  port 
wardens,  and  define  their  duties ;  to  regulate  the  stationing, 
anchoring  and  mooring  of  vessels  and  wharfboats  within  the 
city;  to  charge  and  collect  wharfage  and  tonnage  dues,  levee 
rates,  and  wharfage  on  firewood,  lumber,  timber,  logs,  shin- 
gles, staves,  posts,  laths,  and  other  articles  brought  to  the  port 
of  St.  Louis ;  to  set  aside,  or  lease,  portions  of  the  unpaved 
wharf  for  special  purposes,  such  as  the  erection  of  sheds,  ele- 
vators and  warehouses,  and  for  railroad  tracks,  for  quay- 
places,  for  the  landing  of  lumber  for  mills,  for  cotton  presses, 
for  manufactories,  and  for  any  purpose  tending  to  facilitate 
the  trade  of  the  city, — but  no  permit  to  use  any  portion  of  the 
wharf,  or  any  lease  of  the  same,  shall  be  granted  for  a  term 
exceeding  fifty  years. 

*Fifth—1v  License,  Tax  and  Regulate  Various  Kinds  of 
Business,  Etc.;  Fix  Rates  for  Carriages,  Drayage,  Etc.; 
Regulate  Width  of  Tires— To  Suppress  Certain  Occupations 
andAmusementS. — To  license,  tax  and  regulate  lawyers,  doc- 
tors, doctresses.  undertakers,  dentists,  auctioneers,  grocers, 
merchants,  retailers,  hotels,  boarding  houses,  tenement  houses, 
office  buildings,  public  buildings,  public  halls,  public,  grounds, 
concerts,  photographists,  artists,  agents,  porters,  runners, 
drummers,  public  lecturers,  public  meetings  and  shows,  real 
estate  agents  and  brokers,  financial  agents  and  brokers,  horse 


*By  section  5260,  Revised  Statutes,  1899,  municipal  corporations  in  this  State  are 
forbidden  to  license  lawyers  and  doctors. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III.  51 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

and  cattle  dealers,  patent-right  dealers,  inspectors  and  gaugers, 
stock  yard  proprietors,  examiners  of  titles,  conveyancers,  mer- 
cantile agents,  insurance  companies  and  insurance  agents, 
bankers,  banking  or  other  corporations  or  institutions,  tele- 
graph companies  or  corporations,  street  railroad  cars,  livery 
and  sale  stables,  hackney  carriages,  private  carriages, 
barouches,  buggies,  wagons,  omnibuses,  carts,  drays  and  other 
vehicles,  and  all  other  business,  trades,  avocations  or  profes- 
sions whatever ;  to  fix  the  rates  for  carriage  of  persons,  and  of 
wagonage,  drayage  and  cartage  of  property,  and  regulate  the 
width  of  the  tires  of  all  vehicles  for  heavy  transportation ;  to 
license,  regulate,  tax  or  suppress  ordinaries,  hawkers,  peddlers, 
brokers,  pawnbrokers,  money  changers,  intelligence  offices, 
public  masquerade  balls,  street  exhibitions,  dance  houses,  for- 
tune tellers,  pistol  galleries,  lottery  ticket  dealers,  corn  doctors, 
lock,  private  and  venereal  hospitals,  museums  and  menageries, 
equestrian  performances,  horoscopic  views,  lung  testers,  mus- 
cle developers,  magnifying  glasses,  billiard  tables  or  any  other 
tables  or  instruments  used  for  amusement,  circuses,  operatic, 
theatrical  and  other  exhibitions,  shows  and  amusements ; 
saloons,  beer  houses,  tippling  houses,  dram  shops,  and  gift 
enterprises ;  and  to  suppress  prize  fights,  coon  fighting,  dog 
fights,  chicken  cock  fights,  gaming  or  gambling  houses ;  and 
to  suppress  bawdy  and  disorderly  houses,  houses  of  ill-fame 
and  of  assignation  ;  to  provide  for  and  enforce  the  registration 
of  all  births,  marriages  or  deaths;  to  license,  tax,  regulate  or 
suppress  all  occupations,  professions  and  trades  not  herein- 
before enumerated,  of  whatever  name  and  character. 

Sixth— To  Establish  Quarantine— Regulate  Quarrying1 
—Slaughtering  of  Animals  and  Abate  Nuisances— Sum- 
mary Powers  of  Mayor. — To  establish  and  enforce  quarantine 
laws  and  regulations ;  to  prevent  the  introduction  and  spread  of 
contagious  diseases ;  to  establish  and  regulate  hospitals,  and  to 
secure  the  general  health  of  the  inhabitants  by  any  measure 
necessary;  to  regulate  stone  quarries  and  quarrying  of  stone, 
and  the  slaughtering  of  animals ;  provide  for  the  erection,  man- 
agement and  regulation  of  slaughter  houses ;  prevent  the  driv- 
ing of  stock  through  the  city ;  prohibit  the  erection  of  soap 


52  CITY  CHARTER— ARTICLE  III. 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

factories,  stock  yards,  and  slaughter  houses,  pig  pens,  cow 
stables  and  dairies,  coal  oil  and  vitriol  factories  within  pre- 
scribed limits,  and  to  remove  and  regulate  the  same;  and  to 
regulate  or  prevent  the  carrying  on  of  any  business  which  may 
be  dangerous  or  detrimental  to  the  public  health,  or  the  manu- 
facture or  vending  of  articles  obnoxious  to  the  health  of  the 
inhabitants ;  and  to  declare,  prevent  and  abate  nuisances  on 
public  or  private  property  and  the  causes  thereof;  and  the 
Mayor,  whenever  in  his  opinion  a  nuisance  exists,  on  public 
or  private  property,  or  whenever  a  nuisance  has  been  so  de- 
clared by  ordinance  or  resolution  of  tKe  Board  of  Health,  is 
authorized  to  abate  and  remove  such  nuisance  and  the  cause 
thereof  in  a  summary  manner,  at  the  cost  of  the  owner  or  occu, 
pant  of  the  premises  where  the  nuisance,  or  the  cause  thereof 
may  be,  and  for  that  purpose  may  enter  upon  and  take  posses- 
sion of  any  premises  or  property  where  such  nuisance  may  exist 
or  be  produced. 

Seventh— To  Establish  Standard  for  Weights  and  Meas- 
ures—Inspection of  Lumber  and  Various  Articles  of  Food, 
Manufacture,  Etc. — To  regulate  and  establish  the  standard 
of  weights  and  measures  to  be  used  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis, 
and  provide  for  the  inspection  of  the  same ;  to  make  provision 
for  the  inspection  and  measurement  of  lumber  and  other  build- 
ing material ;  for  the  inspection  of  steam  boilers  and  all  steam- 
heating  apparatus,  and  to  license  engineers  using  steam  boilers 
in  said  city;  for  the  inspection  of  beef,  pork,  flour,  meal,  oil, 
coal  oil,  naphtha,  benzine  and  other  burning  fluids,  molasses, 
syrups,  turpentine,  vinegar,  beer  and  ale,  wines,  whisky,  rum, 
brandy  and  other  spirituous  liquors  in  barrels,  hogsheads  and 
other  vessels ;  for  the  inspection  and  weighing,  or  measuring 
hay  or  stone  coal,  charcoal,  firewood,  and  all  other  kinds  of 
fuel  to  be  used  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis ;  for  the  inspection  of 
butter,  cheese,  milk,  lard  and  other  provisions ;  for  regulating 
the  weight  and  quality  of  bread ;  the  price  and  quality  of  gas ; 
and  for  the  inspection  and  vending  of  meat,  poultry,  fish  and 
vegetables;  to  designate  the  place  where  such  articles  shall  be 
sold;  restrain  and  punish  the  forestalling  of  poultry,  butter, 
eggs,  vegetables  and  fruit,  and  regulate  or  suppress  hucksters ; 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  III.  53 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

Provided,  That  nothing  in  this  article  shall  be  construed  as  to 
authorize  the  inspection  of  any  article  enumerated  in  this  act, 
which  is  to  be  shipped  beyond  the  limits  of  the  city,  except  at 
the  request  of  the  owner  thereof;  and,  provided  further,  that 
the  inspectors,  under  this  subdivision  shall  be  qualified  by  prac- 
tical experience  to  discharge  their  respective  duties. 

Eighth— To  Regulate  and  Provide  for  Election  or  Ap- 
pointment of  City  Officers,  Etc.— Salaries  and  Jurors'  and 
Witness  Fees. — To  regulate  and  provide  for  the  election  or 
appointment  of  city  officers  required  by  this  Charter,  or  author- 
ized by  ordinance,  and  provide  for  their  suspension  or  removal ; 
and  they  shall  establish  the  salaries  of  all  officers  and  the  com- 
pensation of  all  employes,  excepting  day  laborers,  and  jurors 
and  witnesses,  respectively,  for  their  services :  Provided,  That 
the  salary  of  no  officer  shall  be  changed  during  the  term  for 
which  he  is  elected  or  appointed,  and  that  no  officer  re- 
ceiving a  salary  shall  receive  any  fees  or  other  compensation 
for  his  services. 

Ninth— -To  Prevent  Riots,  Regulate  or  Prohibit  Animals 
from  Running1  at  Large— Obstructions  on  Streets,  Etc.— 
To  restrain  and  prevent  any  riot,  rout,  noise,  disturbance,  or 
disorderly  assemblage,  and  amusements  dangerous  to  persons 
or  property,  in  any  street,  house  or  place  in  the  city,  and  regu- 
late or  prohibit  the  running  at  large  of  cattle,  cows,  hogs,  goats, 
dogs  and  every  other  brute  animal  within  the  limits  of  the  city ; 
to  prevent  and  remove  all  obstructions  and  encroachments  upon 
the  sidewalks,  curbstones,  carriageways,  streets,  avenues  and 
alleys,  at  the  expense  of  the  owners  of  the  ground  fronting 
thereon,  and  to  regulate  and  prohibit  the  building  of  vaults 
under  sidewalks. 

Tenth— -To  Impose  and  Collect  Fines,  Etc. —Commitments 
to  Workhouse. — To  impose,  collect  and  enforce  fines,  for- 
feitures and  penalties,  for  the  breach  of  any  city  ordinance. 
Any  offender  who  shall  neglect,  or  refuse  to  pay  any  fine,  pen- 
alty and  costs  that  may  have  been  imposed  upon  him  or  her, 
shall  be  committed  to  the  workhouse,  or,  in  case  of  women,  in 
such  other  place  as  for  them  may  be  provided,  until  such  fine, 
penalty  and  costs  be  fully  paid:  Provided,  that  no  such  im- 


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LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

prisonment  shall  exceed  six  months  for  any  one  offense.  Every 
person  so  committed  to  the  workhouse,  or  such  other  place 
aforesaid,  shall  be  required  to  work  for  the  city,  at  such  labor 
as  his  or  her  health  and  strength  will  permit,  within  or  without 
said  workhouse  or  other  place,  not  exceeding  ten  hours  each 
working  day ;  and  for  such  work  the  person  so  employed  shall 
be  allowed,  exclusive  of  his  or  her  board,  fifty  cents  per  day 
for  each  day's  work,  on  account  of  said  fine  and  costs. 

Eleventh— -To  Protect  Rights  of  City  in  Corporations- 
Grant,  Regulate  and  Repeal  Railway  Franchises— Free 
Passes  on  Street  Railways  Prohibited. — To  take  all  needful 
steps  in  and  out  of  the  State,  to  protect  the  rights  of  the  city, 
in  any  corporation  in  which  the  city  may  have  acquired  an  in- 
terest; to  have  sole  power  and  authority  to  grant  to  persons 
or  corporations,  the  right  to  construct  railways  in  the  city,  sub^ 
ject  to  the  right  to  amend  alter  or  repeal  any  such  grant  in 
whole  or  in  part,  and  to  regulate  and  control  the  same,  as  to 
their  fares,  hours  and  -frequency  of  trips,  and  the  repair  of  their 
tracks,  and  the  kind  of  their  rails  and  vehicles ;  but  every  riglit 
so  granted  shall  cease,  unless  the  work  of  construction  shall 
be  begun  within  one  year  from  the  granting  of  the  right,  and 
be  continued  to  completion  with  all  reasonable  practical  speed, 
and  it  shall  be  the  cause  of  forfeiture  of  the  rights  and  privileges 
derived  from  the  city,  of  any  railroad  company  operating  its 
road  only  within  this  city,  which  shall  allow  any  person  to  ride 
or  travel  on  its  road  gratuitously  or  for  less  than  usual  price 
or  fare,  unless  such  person  be  an  officer  or  employe  of  such 
company. 

Twelfth— To  Examine  Premises— Regulate  Storage  of 
Gunpowder,  Etc.— Prohibit  Wooden  Buildings,  and  Enforce 
Precautions  Against  Fire— Inspection  of  Buildings,  Etc.— 
The  Assembly  through  its  officers  or  agents,  may  at  all  rea- 
sonable times,  enter  into  and  examine  all  dwellings,  lots,  yards, 
enclosures  and  buildings  of  every  description,  to  ascertain  their 
condition  for  health,  cleanliness  and  safety;  take  down  and 
remove  buildings,  walls,  or  superstructures,  that  are  or  may  be- 
come dangerous,  or  require  owners  to  remove  or  put  them  in 
a  safe  and  secure  condition,  at  their  own  expense;  regulate  the 


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LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

storage  of  gunpowder,  giant  powder,  dynamite,  nitro-glycerine, 
and  other  explosive  compounds  and  of  all  combustible  and  in- 
flammable materials,  the  use  of  lights  and  candles  in  stables, 
shops  and  other  places ;  remove,  or  prevent,  the  construction 
of  any  fire-places,  chimneys,  stove,  oven,  boiler,  kettle  or 
any  apparatus  used  in  any  house,  building,  manufactory  or 
business,  which  is  liable  to  cause  fires,  or  conflagrations ;  direct 
the  safe  deposit  of  ashes,  or  other  dangerous  rubbish  or  ma- 
terial, and  order  and  regulate  the  building  of  partition,  parapet 
and  fire  walls,  partition  fences,  smoke  flues,  hot-air  flues,  smoke 
stacks,  and  the  erection  and  cleaning  of  chimneys :  shall  pro- 
vide for  the  safe  construction,  inspection  and  repairs  of  all 
private  or  public  buildings  within  the  city ;  regulate,  restrain 
or  prohibit  the  erection  of  wooden  buildings  within  the  pre- 
scribed limits  and  remove  the  same  at  the  owner's  expense 
when  erected  or  suffered  to  remain  contrary  to  law  or  ordi- 
nance; compel  persons  to  aid  in  extinguishing  fires,  or  in  the 
preservation  of  property  liable  to  be  destroyed  or  stolen,  and 
compel  owners  of  buildings  to  have  scuttles  on  their  roofs  and 
stairs  or  ladders  leading  thereto. 

Thirteenth— To  Pro  vide  for  Insane  Persons  and  Paupers- 
Assessments,  Etc.,  of  State  Revenue.—  To  provide  for  the  sup- 
port and  maintenance  and  confinement  of  insane  persons ;  and 
to  make  suitable  provisions  for  the  maintenance  and  support 
of  poor  persons ;  to  exercise  the  same  powers  and  perform  the 
same  duties  in  regard  to  the  assessment  and  collection  of  the 
State  revenue,  within  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  as  is  now  by  law 
vested  in  the  County  Court  of  St.  Louis  County,  in  such  man- 
ner as  provided  by  ordinance. 

Fourteenth— General  Welfare  Clause— General  Author- 
ity to  Pass  and  Enforce  Ordinances— Census  of  Inhabi- 
tants.—  Finally,  to  pass  all  such  ordinances,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  provisions  of  this  Charter,  or  the  laws  of  the  State, 
as  may  be  expedient,  in  maintaining  the  peace,  good  govern- 
ment, health  and  welfare  of  the  city,  its  trade,  commerce  and 
manufactures,  and  to  enforce  the  same  by  fines  and  penalties, 
not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  and  by  forfeitures  not 
exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  ;  to  purchase,  rent,  or  lease, 


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LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

within  the  limits  of  the  city  or  elsewhere,  any  real  or  personal 
property,  and  to  control,  manage,  sell  or  lease,  or  otherwise 
dispose  of  the  same,  for  such  purposes  and  considerations  as 
they  may  deem  proper  for  the  public  welfare  of  the  city,  and 
to  provide  for  the  enumeration  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  city. 

SEC.  27.  Fires  to  be  Guarded  Against.— The  Assembly 
shall,  without  unnecessary  delay,  enact  stringent  and  efficient 
laws  for  securing  the  safety  of  persons  from  fire  in  halls  and 
buildings  let  or  used  for  public  assemblies,  and  for  entertain- 
ments or  amusements. 

SEC.  28.  Numbering1,  Printing5  and  Repeal  of  Ordi- 
nances.— Every  ordinance  when  passed  and  approved  by  the 
Mayor,  or  when  it  shall  have  become  a  law,  shall  be  sent  to  the 
City  Register,  and  by  him  shall  be  numbered,  printed,  filed,  and 
preserved  in  his  office,  according  to  ordinance ;  and  no  special 
or  general  ordinance,  which  is  in  conflict  or  inconsistent  with 
general  ordinances  of  prior  date,  shall  be  valid  or  effectual 
until  such  prior  ordinance,  or  the  conflicting  parts  thereof,  are 
repealed  by  express  terms. 

SEC.  29.  Revision  of  General  Ordinances. — There  shall 
be  a  revision  of  the  general  ordinances  of  the  city  once  in  every 
five  years,  to  be  provided  for  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  30.  Remission  of  Taxes— Compromise  of  Claims 
Forbidden. -The  Assembly  shall  not  have  power  to  relieve  any 
citizen  from  the  payment  of  any  lawful  tax,  or  to  exempt  him 
from  any  burden  imposed  upon  him  by  law,  or  ordain  the  pay- 
ment of  any  demand  not  authorized  and  audited  according  to 
law,  nor  shall  the  Assembly  have  power  to  ordain  or  authorize 
the  compromise  of  any  disputed  demand,  or  any  allowance 
therefor  or  therein,  except  as  provided  in  the  contract  therefor, 
or  the  payment  of  any  damages  claimed  for  alleged  injuries  to 
person  or  property,  except  by  ordinance  and  adopted  by  a  vote 
of  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  each  house  taken  by  yeas  and 
nays. 

SEC.  31.  Power  to  Compel  Attendance  of  Witnesses.— 
The  Assembly  or  either  house,  shall  have  power  to  compel  the 
attendance  of  witnesses,  and  the  production  of  papers  relating 
to  any  subject  under  consideration,  and  in  which  the  interests 


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of  the  city  are  involved,  and  shall  have  power  to  call  upon  any 
proper  officer  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  to  execute  such  process. 
The  President  of  the  Council  and  Speaker  of  the  House,  and 
the  chairman  of  any  committee  of  either  House,  shall  have 
authority  to  administer  oaths  to  witnesses. 

SEC.  32.  Power  to  Distribute  Duties  and  Abrogate 
Offices. — The  Assembly  shall  have  the  power,  by  a  vote  of 
three-fourths  of  the  members  of  each  house,  to  transfer  and 
distribute  the  powers  and  duties,  in  part  or  in  whole,  of  any 
office  provided  for  in  this  Charter  to  another,  or  others,  and  in 
such  case  the  performance  of  the  powers  or  duties  added  to 
those  of  any  office  shall  not  entitle  its  officer  to  additional  com- 
pensation, and  in  case  the  entire  powers  and  duties  of  an  office 
be  so  transferred  and  distributed,  the  compensation  of  the 
holder  of  such  office  shall  cease,  and  he  shall  no  longer  be  the 
officer  thereof. 

SEC.  33.    Appropriations  for   Charitable    Purposes.— 

The  Assembly  shall  not  appropriate  any  money  for  charitable 
purposes,  except  such  as  shall  be  subject  to  its  own  supervision 
and  administration,  under  a  system  of  suitable  arrangements  to 
be  established,  whereby  the  partakers  of  the  charity  shall  re- 
spectively earn  what  they  receive  to  the  extent  of  their  ability. 

SEC.  34.  Restrictions  as  to  Quarries,  Etc.— No  stone 
quarry  shall  be  opened,  or  brick-kiln  located,  or  soap  factory, 
slaughter  house,  bone  or  rendering  factory  erected  within  the 
distance  of  300  feet  of  any  dwelling  house  built  and  inhabited 
before  such  opening,  location  or  erection,  without  the  consent, 
in  writing,  of  the  owner  and  of  the  occupant  of  every  such 
house.  The  Assembly  shall  provide,  by  ordinance,  for  the 
effectual  enforcement  of  this  act. 

SEC.  35.  Restrictions  as  to  Cholera  Patients,  Etc.— No 
person,  association  or  corporation  shall  knowingly  receive  for 
medical  treatment  of  the  invalid  or  sick,  any  patient  sick  with 
small-pox,  plague,  or  cholera,  unless  authorized  by  an  ordinance 
therefor.  Every  violation  of  this  section  shall  be  punished  by 
a  fine  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars,  nor  more  than  three 
hundred  dollars,  to  be  collected  as  shall  be  provided  for  by 
ordinance. 


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CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IV. 


ARTICLE  IV. 


EXECUTIVE  AND  ADMINISTKATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 


SECTION 

1.  Elective  officers  and  their  terms. 

2.  Appointive      officers      and      their 

terms :  first  appointments  un- 
der Charter  to  be  for  two 
years. 

3.  Board    of    Public    Improvements, 

how  constituted. 

4.  Gas     Commissioner;      bonds     of 

officers. 

5.  Suspension    and    removal    of    of- 

ficers. 

6.  Suspension     of     elective     officers 

by  Mayor ;  action  of  Council 
thereon. 

7.  Removal     of    appointive     officers 

and  filling  of  vacancies. 

8.  Appointed     officers     removed     by 

Council ;  Mayor  to  fill  vacan- 
cies. 

9.  Appointments   by     Mayor   to     be 

confirmed  by  Council ;  Coun- 
cil may  elect  officers,  when. 

10.  Qualifications      of      elected     and 

appointed  officers. 

11.  Officers    to    devote    their    entire 

time  to  official  duties ;  hours 
for  municipal  business. 

12.  Removal     of    elected    officers    by 

Council ;  removal  of  Mayor. 

33.  Vacancies  in  elective  offices,  how 

filled. 

34.  Deputies   and    assistants;    power 

of  Mayor  to  remove  same ; 
offices  to  be  in  City  Hall. 

15.  Qualifications  of  Mayor. 

16.  Duties  of  the  Mayor  ;  may  remit 

fines,  etc. ;  may  appoint  ex- 
aminers. 

17.  Absence  of  Mayor,  how  provided 

for. 

18.  Special     sessions     of     Municipal 

Assembly. 

19.  Officers  to  reside  within  the  city. 

20.  Duties     of     Comptroller ;    official 

bond,  etc. 

21.  Duties  of  Auditor;   official  bond, 

etc. 

22.  Duties     of      Treasurer;      official 

bond,  etc. 

23.  Duties  of    Register  ;    official  bond, 

etc. 

24.  Duties      of      Collector;      official 

bond,  etc. 

L'.~..   Police   Justices ;    powers  and   ju- 
risdiction  of. 


SECTION. 

26.  Police    Justices;    to    be    conserv- 

ators of  the  peace,  etc. ;  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace  to  have  con- 
current jurisdiction  in  certain 
cases. 

27.  Municipal    Assembly  may  increase 

number  of  Police  Justices  and 
establish  judicial  districts ; 
courts  of  Police  Justices, 
where  held. 

28.  Municipal     Assembly     to     define 

duties  of  city  officers. 

29.  Commissioner         of        Supplies : 

his  duties,  etc. ;  contracts  to 
be  affirmed  by  Mayor. 

30.  Inspector  of  Weights    and  Meas- 

ures ;  duties,  etc. 

31.  City  Marshal ;  duties,  etc. 

32.  City  Counselor  ;  duties,  etc. 

33.  Board   of   Public    Improvements ; 

meetings  ;  duties  of. 

34.  Members   of   Board    to    be   heads 

of  departments. 

35.  Street       Commissioner 


etc. 

36.  Sewer 

etc. 

37.  \Vater 

etc. 

38.  Harbor 


Commissioner 


Commissioner 


duties, 
duties, 


duties, 


and      Wharf      Commis- 
sioner ;  duties,  etc. 

39.  Park   Commissioner ;   duties,    etc. 

40.  (Jas    Commissioner;    duties,    etc. 

41.  President   of  Board   of   Improve- 

ments to  have  supervision 
over  other  Commissioners, 
and  authenticate  special  tax 
bills. 

42.  Assembly     may      provide      addi- 

tional duties  for  Board. 

43.  Oath  for .  city    officers  ;    bond  of 

same ;  the  term  officers  de- 
fined ;  officers  failing  to  pay 
over  money  shall  forfeit  their 
offices,  etc. 

44.  Mayor     to     settle     disputes     be- 

tween  officers. 
-1.").   Power     of    Assembly    to    create 

officers. 
46.  Mayor      to     enforce      contracts ; 

officers  to    report    violations  of 

contract. 


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EXECUTIVE  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE   DEPARTMENT. 


SECTION*. 

47.  Chiefs   of  departments   to   report 

annually  to  Mayor  and  quar- 
terly to  Comptroller ;  books, 
papers,  etc.,  to  be  open  to  in- 
spection by  members  of  Assem- 
bly, Mayor  and  Comptroller : 
Mayor  to  submit  all  reports  to 
Assembly. 

48.  Reports     of     Comptroller,     Audi- 

tor, Treasurer,  Collector,  City 
Marshal,  and  Board  of  Public 
Improvements. 


SECTION 

49.  Commissioners  on  Charitable  In- 

stitutions ;  their  duties  and 
Powers :  may  remove  officers 
of  institutions. 

50.  Commissioners      on       Charitable 

Institutions  to  meet  monthly 
at  City  Hall  and  visit  institu- 
tions monthly ;  may  recom- 
mend ordinances  to  Assem- 
bly ;  shall  receive  no  compen- 
sation. 


SECTION  i.    Elective   Officers  and   Their  Terms.— The 

following  named  city  officers  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified 
voters  of  the  city,  and  shall  hold  their  office  for  a  term  of  four 
years,  and  until  their  successors  shall  be  duly  elected  and  quali- 
fied, viz :  A  Mayor,  Comptroller,  Auditor,  Treasurer,  Regis- 
ter, Collector,  Recorder  of  Deeds,  Inspector  of  Weights  and 
Measures,  Sheriff/1'  Coroner,*  Marshal,  Public  Administrator, 
President  of  Board  of  Assessors,  and  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Improvements. 

SEC.  2.  Appointive  Officers  and  Their  Terms— First 
Appointments  Under  Charter  to  be  for  Two  Years.— The 
Mayor  shall  appoint  the  following  officers,  who  shall  hold  their 
office  for  four  years,  and  until  their  successors  shall  have  been 
duly  appointed  and  qualified,  to-wit:  A  City  Counselor,  such 
District  Assessors  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance,  Superin- 
tendent of  Workhouse,  Superintendent  of  House  of  Refuge, 
Superintendent  of  Fire  and  Police  Telegraph,  Commissioner 
of  Supplies,  Assessor  of  Water  Rates,  two  Police  Justices,  At- 
torney, Jailer,  and  five  Commissioners  on  Charitable  Institu- 
tions:  Provided,  however,  that  the  first  appointments  under 
this  Charter  shall  be  for  two  years  only,  so  that  the  appoint- 
ments made  thereafter,  shall  be  made  at  the  beginning  of  the 
third  year  of  the  Mayor's  term. 

SEC.  3.  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  How  Consti- 
tuted.— He  shall  also  appoint  five  commissioners,  who  shall 
be  known  as  Street  Commissioner,  Sewer  Commissioner,  Water 
Commissioner,  Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner,  and  Park 


*Term  of  Sheriff  and  Coroner  is  two  years,  Constitution,  Article  IX,  Section  10. 


60  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IV. 

EXECUTIVE  AND   ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

Commissioner,  who,  with  the  president  thereof,  shall  constitute 
the  Board  of  Public  Improvements. 

SEC.  4.  Gas  Commissioner. — In  case  the  city  at  any  time 
become  the  owner  of  any  gas  works,  then  there  shall  be  added 
to  the  commissioners  before  named,  a  Gas  Commissioner. 

Bonds  of  Officers. — All  city  officers  shall  give  such  a  bond 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties  as  the  Municipal 
Assembly  shall  ordain;  said  bonds  shall  be  approved  by  the 
Mayor  and  Council. 

SEC.  5.    Suspension  and  Removal  of  Officers. — Any 

elected  city  officer  may  be  suspended  by  the  Mayor,  and  re- 
moved by  the  Council  for  cause ;  and  any  appointed  officer  may 
be  removed  by  the  Mayor  or  Council  for  cause.  In  either  case 
the  Mayor  shall,  temporarily,  fill  the  vacancy,  except  as  herein- 
after provided. 

SEC.  6.  Suspension  of  Elective  Officers  by  Mayor- 
Action  of  Council  Thereon.  — Whenever  the  Mayor  shall  sus- 
pend any  elected  officer,  he  shall  immediately  notify  the  Council 
of  such  suspension,  and  the  causes  therefor.  If  the  Council 
be  not  in  session,  then  he  shall  immediately  call  a  session  of  the 
same  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  provided  by  ordinance.  The 
Mayor  shall  present  charges  against  such  suspended  officer  to 
the  Council,  and  furnish  a  copy  of  the  same  to  said  officer,  who 
shall  have  the  right  to  appear  with  a  legal  adviser  before  the 
Council  for  his  defense.  If  a  majority  of  all  the  members  elected 
shall,  by  resolution,  sanction  the  action  of  the  Mayor,  then  the 
suspended  officer  shall  thereby  be  removed  from  office  and  a 
new  election  shall  be  ordered  to  fill  the  vacancy;  but  if  a 
majority  disagree  with  the  Mayor,  then  he  sfiall  be  immediately 
reinstated. 

SEC.  7.  Removal  of  Appointive  Officers  and  Filling1  of 
Vacancies. —Whenever  the  Mayor  shall  remove  any  appointed 
officer  from  office,  he  shall  immediately  notify  the  Council  of 
such  removal  and  the  causes  therefor,  and  said  Council  shall 
fill  the  vacancy  by  electing  a  suitable  person  to  fill  the  place. 
If  the  Council  be  not  in  session,  the  Mayor  shall  temporarily  fill 
the  vacancy,  and  shall  report  the  fact  of  the  removal  at  the 


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EXECUTIVE  AND   ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

next  session  of  the  Council.  The  Mayor  shall  have  the  same 
power  of  removing  an  officer  so  elected  as  if  he  had  been  ap- 
pointed by  the  Mayor. 

SEC.  8,  Appointive  Officers  Removed  by  Council- 
Mayor  to  Fill  Vacancies.— All  officers  appointed  by  the 
Mayor  shall  be  subject  to  removal  by  a  majority  of  the  elected 
members  of  the  Council,  but  if  so  removed,  the  Mayor  shall 
nil  trie  vacancy  by  another  person,  and  no  confirmation  of  the 
Council  shall  be  required.  Whenever  the  removal  of  any  officer 
by  the  Council  be  proposed,  and  the  same  is  not  in  session,  the 
President  thereof  shall,  upon  a  request  in  writing  of  five  of 
its  members,  call  a  session  thereof  for  the  consideration  of  such 
removal. 

SEC.  9.  Appointments  by  Mayor  to  be  Confirmed  by 
Council— Council  May  Elect  Officers— When.  —All  appoint- 
ments made  by  the  Mayor  shall  require  the  confirmation  of  a 
majority  of  the  members  of  the  Council.  If  the  Council  shall  re- 
fuse to  confirm  the  appointment  of  the  Mayor,  then  he  shall, 
within  ten  days  thereafter,  nominate  another  person  to  fill  the 
office,  and  he  may  continue  to  nominate  until  his  nominees  are 
confirmed.  If  the  Mayor  fails  to  make  another  nomination 
within  ten  days  from  the  rejection  of  a  nomination,  then  the 
Council  shall  elect  a  suitable  person  to  fill  the  office  during  the 
term. 

SEC.  10.  Qualifications  of  Elected  and  Appointed  Offi- 
cers.— All  elected  and  appointed  officers  shall  possess  the  fol- 
lowing qualffications :  They  shall  have  been  citizens  of  the 
United  States  and  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  for  at  least  two 
years  previous  to  their  election  or  appointment,  and  shall  be 
able  to  read  and  write  the  English  language.  They  shall  not 
at  the  time  of  their  election  be  in  arrear  to  the  city  for  taxes, 
or  indebted  to  trie  city  in  any  way.  They  shall  not  be  interested 
either  directly  or  indirectly  in  any  contract  with  the  city, 
either  for  work  to  be  performed  or  supplies  to  be  furnished. 
They,  excepting  the  Commissioners  on  Charitable  Institutions, 
shall  not  hold  any  "State  or  Federal  office,  and  shall  hold  their 
offices  until  tfieir  successors  are  duly  qualified. 


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EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE   DEPARTMENT. 

*SEC.  11.  Officers  to  Devote  Their  Entire  Time  to  Offi- 
cial Duties — Hours  for  Municipal  Business. — Any  city 
officer,  excepting  the  Mayor  and  Commissioners  on  Charitable 
Institutions,  who  shall,  except  when  absent  from  the  city,  fail 
to  devote  his  entire  time  during  business  hours  to  the  duties 
of  his  office,  shall  be  removed  or  suspended  by  the  Mayor  or 
Council.  All  city  offices  shall  be  kept  open  from  eight  o'clock 
a.  m.  to  six  o'clock  p.  m.  from  ist  of  April  to  ist  of  October, 
and  from  nine  o'clock  a.  m.  to  five  o'clock  p.  m.  from  ist  of 
October  to  ist  of  April. 

SEC.  12.  Removal  of  Elected  Officers  by  Council- 
Removal  of  Mayor. — Any  elected  city  officer  may  be  removed 
from  office  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the 
Council,  notice  thereof  and  an  opportunity  to  be  heard  by 
counsel  being  given  to  said  officer.  In  case  the  Mayor  shall  be 
removed  from  office,  then  the  President  of  the  Council  shall  act 
as  Mayor  until  a  Mayor  is  elected.  Whenever  any  city  officer 
shall  be  removed  from  office  by  the  Council  the  yeas  and  nays 
shall  be  recorded  on  the  journal  of  that  body. 

SEC.  13.    Vacancies  in  Elective  Offices,  How  Filled.- 

In  case  any  elective  office  shall  become  vacant  within  six 
months  from  the  expiration  of  the  time  for  which  its  incum- 
bent shall  have  been  elected,  then  the  Council  shall  by  election 
fill  the  vacancy  for  the  unexpired  term.  In  case  the  Mayor's 
office  shall  become  vacant  within  six  months  from  the  expira- 
tion of  his  term,  then  the  President  of  the  Council  shall  be 
ex-officio  Mayor  for  the  unexpired  term. 

SEC.  14.  Deputies  of  Sheriffs,  Etc.— The  Sheriff,  Coro- 
ner and  Marshal,  may  have  such  deputies  as  may  be  provided 
by  ordinance. 


*  Saturday,  half  holiday,  is  provided  for  by  Section  6247,  2  R.  S.  Mo.,  1899,  as 
follows : 

SECTION  6247.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  heads  of  departments  in  every  county 
or  municipal  office  in  cities  which  now  have  or  may  hereafter  have  a  population  of 
300,000  inhabitants  or  over,  or  in  any  county  adjoining  such  city,  having  one  or  more 
deputies,  assistants  or  clerks,  to  close  the  doors  of  the  said  office  at  twelve  o'clock  noon 
on  each  and  every  Saturday  in  the  year:  Provided,  that  the  person  in  charge  or 
possession  of  said  office  may  require  such  deputies,  assistants  or  clerks  to  work 
whenever  the  necessities  of  the  service,  in  his  judgment,  require  it;  and  provided 
further,  that  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  clerks  of  courts  of  record, 
sheriffs,  recorder  of  deeds,  marshals,  constables,  fire  department  or  police  forces. 
All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby 
repealed. 


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Assistants  May  be  Removed. — The  assistants  of  any  officer 
shall  hold  their  position  during  good  behavior,  unless  otherwise 
provided  by  ordinance  but  may  be  removed  for  cause  by  the 
Mayor,  or  by  the  officer  under  whom  they  work,  at  his  pleasure. 

Offices  to  be  in  City  Hall.— All  offices  of  the  several 
departments  of  the  city  shall  be  in  the  City  Hall  or  some  otfier 
building  owned  by  the  city,  unless  otherwise  specially  provided 
by  the  Assembly. 

*SEC.  15.  Qualifications  of  Mayor.— The  Mayor  shall 
be  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the  city ;  shall  be  at  least  thirty 
years  of  age.  When  the  Mayor  ceases  to  possess  the  qualifica- 
tions required  in  this  Charter,  his  office  shall  become  vacant. 

SEC.  16.  Duties  of  the  Mayor— May  Remit  Fines,  Etc. 
—May  Appoint  Examiners.— He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  give 
the  Assembly  information  relative  to  the  state  of  the  city,  and 
shall  recommend  to  their  consideration  such  measures  as  he 
may  deem  expedient  in  the  interests  of  the  city.  He  shall  take 
care  that  the  laws  of  the  State  and  the  ordinances  of  the  city 
are  respected  and  enforced  within  the  city ;  and  may  remit  fines, 
costs,  forfeitures  and  penalties  duly  imposed  for  violation  of 
any  ordinance,  and  shall  make  a  report  of  trie  same  to  the 
Assembly  at  every  session  thereof.  He  shall  have  power  to 
appoint  a  competent  person,  or  persons,  to  examine  the  affairs 
of  any  department,  or  departments,  whenever  he  shall  deem  it 
necessary. 

SEC.  17.    Absence  of  Mayor,  How  Provided  For.—  The 

President  of  the  Council  shall  perform  the  duties  of  Mayor 
whenever,  and  so  long  as  the  Mayor  from  any  cause  is  unable 
to  perform  his  official  duties.  If  the  Mayor  and  the  President 
of  the  Council  are  both  absent  from  the  city,  or  otherwise  dis- 
abled from  performing  the  duties  of  the  Mayor,  the  Speaker 
of  the  House  of  Delegates  shall,  for  the  time  being,  discharge 
the  duties  of  said  office,  and  eitfier  of  them,  while  acting  as 
Mayor,  shall  receive  the  same  compensation  as  the  Mayor. 


*  The  provision  originally  contained  in  Section  15  requiring  the  Mayor  to  be  a 
freeholder  of  property  in  the  city,  was  repealed  by  Section  5259  of  the  Revised 
Statutes,  1899,  and  is  omitted. 


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EXECUTIVE  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

SEC.  18.    Special  Sessions  of  the  Municipal  Assembly. 

—The  Mayer  may,  by  proclamation,  call  special  sessions  of  the 
Assembly,  giving  not  less  than  three  days'  notice,  and  shall 
specially  state  to  them,  when  assembled,  the  objects  for  which 
they  have  been  convened,  and  their  action  shall  be  confined  to 
such  objects. 

SEC.  19.  Officers  to  Reside  Within  the  City.— The 
permanent  residence  of  the  Mayor  and  all  other  officers  of  the 
city  except  when  otherwise  provided  by  ordinance,  shall  be 
within  the  limits  or  jurisdiction  of  the  city;  otherwise  their 
offices,  shall  become  vacant. 

SEC.  20.  Duties  of  Comptroller. — The  Comptroller  shall 
exercise  a  general  supervision  over  the  fiscal  affairs  of  the 
city;  the  collection  and  return  into  the  treasury  and 
disbursement  of  all  revenue  and  xnoneys  of  the  city; 
of  all  property,  assets,  and  claims,  and  the  sale  or 
other  disposition  thereof;  and,  by  and  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  Mayor,  shall  see  that  all  necessary  official 
and  legal  proceedings  are  had  for  the  protection  of  the  city's 
interests  in  all  such  property,  assets  and  claims ;  that  proper 
rules  and  regulations  are  prescribed  and  observed  in  relation 
to  all  accounts,  settlements,  and  reports  connected  with  the 
fiscal  concerns  of  the  city;  that  no  liability  is  incurred,  or  ex- 
penditure made  from  the  treasury,  without  due  authority  of 
law ;  and  that  appropriations  are  not  overdrawn.  He  is  espe- 
cially charged  with  the  preservation  of  the  credit  and  faith 
of  the  city  in  relation  to  its  public  debt  and  other  liabilities,  and 
whenever  it  is  necessary  to  meet  payments  thereof,  principal 
or  interest,  he  shall,  with  the  written  approval  of  the  Mayor, 
make  his  requisition  for  a  warrant  on  the  treasury  for"  that  pur- 
pose; and  shall,  with  the  Mayor's  written  approval,  do  and 
perform  any  and  all  other  acts  and  things,  not  inconsistent  with 
the  provisions  of  this  Charter,  and  any  ordinance  thereunder, 
as  are  proper  to  accomplish  the  duties  contemplated  herein. 
He  shall  make  annual  reports  to  the  Assembly  and  to  the 
Mayor  on  his  request,  on  the  financial  condition  and  require- 
ments of  the  city,  with  careful  statements  and  estimates  of 
receipts  and  expenditures.  The  records  in  his  office  shall  show 
the  financial  operations,  condition,  property,  assets  and  claims 


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EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

of  the  city,  the  expenditures  authorized  for  public  works,  and 
all  contracts,  with  names  of  contractors,  in  which  the  city  is 
interested,  and  .the  bonded  or  other  indebtedness  of  the  city. 
He  shall  require  all  claims  returns,  settlements,  or  reports  to 
be  verified  by  affidavit.  He  shall  countersign  all  warrants 
drawn  on  the  city  treasury  for  any  payments,  except  as  here- 
inafter provided,  and  shall  duly  record  the  amount  and  nature 
of  same.  He  shall  have  access  to  the  books  and  other  records 
of  any  department  under  the  city  government,  whenever  he  so 
desires,  and  he  shall  see  that  the  accounts  of  the  city  are  kept 
in  a  plain,  methodical  manner. 

Bond  of  Comptroller. — He  shall  give  bond  to  the  city  in 
the  sum  of  not  less  than  three  hundred  thousand  dollars,  with 
not  less  than  three  good  securities,  holders  of  unincumbered 
real  estate  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  to  be  approved  by  the 
A  lay  or  and  Council. 

Additional  Duties  of  Comptroller. —He  shall  have  a  seat 
in  either  branch  of  the  Municipal  Assembly,  with  a  right  to 
debate  on  any  question  pertaining  to  his  department,  but  shall 
have  no  vote.  Should  any  judgment  be  rendered  against  the 
city,  for  which  no  provision  has  been  made  by  ordinance,  or 
otherwise,  the  Comptroller  is  authorized,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Mayor,  to  effect  a  temporary  loan  to  meet  the  same,  and 
to  do  and  perform  all  other  acts  with  the  approval  of  the 
Mayor,  necessary  to  preserve  the  credit  and  property,  or  rights 
of  the  city,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  provided 
by  ordinance.  All  delinquent  or  special  tax-bills,  and  all  other 
claims,  marshal's,  sheriff's,  or  constables'  deeds  or  certificates 
of  sale,  in  the  nature  of  liens  on  property  in  which  she  is 
directly  or  indirectly  interested  as  owner  or  creditor,  shall,  be 
deposited  with  the  Comptroller,  and  his  receipts  taken  therefor 
and  filed  with  the  Auditor.  He  shall  keep  a  full  and  complete 
register  thereof,  and  whenever  the  Treasurer's  receipt  is  pre- 
sented and  filed  in  his  office  for  any  such  bill  or  claim,  he  shall 
release  the  same  on  the  register,  and,  when  necessary,  the 
Mayor  and  Comptroller  shall  execute  a  quit-claim  deed  for  the 
property  redeemed. 

SEC.  21.  Duties  of  Auditor— Official  Bond,  Etc.— The 
Auditor  shall  be  the  general  accountant  of  the  city,  and  as 


66  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IV. 

EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE   DEPARTMENT. 

such  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  receive  and  preserve  in  his  office 
all  accounts,  books,  vouchers,  documents  and  papers  relating 
to  the  accounts  or  contracts  of  the  city,  its  debts,  revenues,  and 
other  fiscal  affairs,  and  to  adopt  a  proper  mode  and  manner 
of  double-entry  bookkeeping.  He  shall  state  and  render  all 
accounts  filed  or  kept  in  his  office  between  the  city  and  other 
person  or  body  corporate,  except  when  otherwise  provided  by 
law  or  ordinance.  He  shall  examine,  adjust  and  audit  all  un- 
settled accounts,  claims  and  demands  against  the  city  for  the 
payment  of  which  any  money  may  be  drawn  from  the  city 
treasury,  and  after  having  examined  the  same  with  all  accom- 
panying vouchers  and  documents,  shall  certify  thereon  the  bal- 
ance or  true  state  of  such  claim  or  demand,  and  draw  his  war- 
rant on  the  Treasurer  in  payment  thereof;  but  no  such  claim 
or  demand,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  audited  against  the 
city  unless  it  is  authorized  by  law  or  ordinance,  and  is  in 
proper  and  fully  itemized  form,  and  unless  the  amount  required 
for  the  payment  of  the  same  shall  have  been  appropriated  for 
that  purpose  by  the  Assembly.  He  shall  have  power  to  admin- 
ister oaths,  and  shall  require  settlements  of  accounts  to  be 
verified  by  affidavit,  whenever  he  thinks  proper,  and  shall  keep 
the  accounts  of  the  city,  general  and  special,  in  a  systematic 
and  orderly  manner.  He  shall  give  bond  to  the  city  in  the  sum 
of  not  less  than  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  with  not  less 
than  three  securities,  who  shall  be  holders  of  unincumbered  real 
estate  within  the  city,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  and  Coun- 
cil. He  shall  audit  all  bills,  when  presented  in  proper  form  and 
duly  authorized,  bearing  the  necessary  signatures,  or  certifi- 
cates, and  otherwise  in  accordance  with  the  law  and  ordinance. 
He  shall  be  responsible  for  all  acts  of  his  employes. 

SEC.  22.  Duties  of  Treasurer. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Treasurer  to  receive  and  keep  the  money  of  the  city,  and  pay 
out  the  same  on  the  warrants  drawn  by  the  Auditor  and  coun- 
tersigned by  the  Comptroller,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 
All  moneys  belonging  to  the  city  received  by  any  officer  or 
agent  thereof,  either  from  collections,  loans,  sale  of  bonds,  fees, 
fines  and  penalties,  or  otherwise,  shall  be  deposited  in  the  city 
treasury  regularly  once  a  day,  unless  otherwise  provided  by 


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EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

law  or  ordinance,  and,  in  case  the  provisions  of  this  section  are 
not  complied  with,  it  shall  be  the  Treasurer's  duty  to  report 
any  delinquencies  to  the  Mayor.  He  shall  give  triplicate  re- 
ceipts in  all  cases,  one  for  the  party  paying,  one  for  the  Auditor, 
and  one  for  the  Comptroller,  which  shall  set  out  the  amounts 
paid  and  from  what  it  proceeds  and  to  what  account  credited. 
All  payments  on  account  of  pay-rolls  shall  be  made  by  the 
Treasurer,  after  the  same  have  been  audited  and  placed  in  his 
hands  therefor.  His  books  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  the 
inspection  of  the  Mayor,  Comptroller,  or  any  member  of  the 
Municipal  Assembly,  and  he  shall  report  the  balance  in  the 
treasury  each  day  to  the  Comptroller  and  Mayor. 

Bond,  of  Treasurer. — He  shall  give  bond  for  the  faithful 
performance  of  his  duty  in  the  sum  of  not  less  than  five  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars,  with  not  less  than  five  securities,  who 
shall  be  holders  of  unincumbered  real  estate  within  the  city, 
to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  and  Council. 

Selection  of  Banks  for  City  Deposits. — The  Mayor, 
Comptroller  and  Treasurer  shall  annually  select  a  bank  or 
banking  institution  which  will  give  the  highest  rate  of  interest 
for  the  current  deposit  of  the  city's  funds :  Provided,  however. 
that  before  any  deposit  shall  be  made  by  the  Treasurer,  the  said 
bank  or  banking  institution  shall  give  a  bond  for  five  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  with  good  and  sufficient  securities,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  a  unanimous  vote  of  the  fund  commissioners,  for 
the  safe  keeping  and  prompt  payment  of  said  funds  or  any 
part  thereof,  when  demanded  by  the  Treasurer,  and  shall  at  all 
times  keep  the  securities  on  its  bond  satisfactory  to  said  com- 
missioners.* 

SEC.  23.  Duties  of  Register. —The  Register  shall  have 
the  custody  of  the  city  seal,  the  public  records,  the  original 


*  SECTION  6251,  2  R.  S.  Mo.,  1899,  adds  a  clause  to  this  section  of  the  Charter,  as 

'SECTION  6251.  In  all  cities  in  Missouri  having  three  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
inhabitants  or  more,  the  Mayor,  Comptroller  and  Treasurer  shall  annually  select  a 
bank  or  banks  which  will  give  the  highest  rate  of  interest  for  the  current  deposit 
of  the  city's  funds:  Provided,  however,  that,  before  any  deposit  shall  be  made  by 
the  Treasurer  the  bank  shall  give  a  bond  for  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  with 
good  and  sufficient  securities,  to  be  approved  by  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  Mayor, 
Comptroller  and  Treasurer,  for  the  safe  keeping  and  prompt  payment  of  said  funds, 
or  any  part  thereof,  when  demanded  by  the  Treasurer,  and  shall  at  all  times  keep 
the  securities  on  its  bond  satisfactory  to  the  Mayor,  Comptroller  and  Treasurer;  and 
provided  further,  however,  that  no  greater  sum  than  five  hundred  thousand  dollars 
of  the  money  of  the  city  shall  be  on  deposit  in  any  one  bank. 


68  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IV. 

EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE   DEPARTMENT. 

rolls  of  ordinances  of  the  Municipal  Assembly,  all  original  con- 
tracts, deeds  and  certificates  relative  to  the  title  of  any  property 
of  the  city,  all  official,  penal,  indemnity  or  security  bonds,  and 
such  other  records,  papers,  and  documents  of  value,  as  are  not 
required  to  be  deposited  with  any  other  officer,  all  of  which 
shall  be  registered  by  numbers,  date,  and  contents;  he  shall 
attest  all  public  instruments  or  official  acts  of  the  Mayor,  by 
his  signature  and  the  seal  of  the  city,  and  shall  also  certify, 
under  his  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  city,  all  copies  of  such  origi- 
nal documents,  records  and  papers  in  his  office,  as  may  be  re- 
quired by  any  officer  or  person,  and  charge  therefor  to  indi- 
viduals such  fees  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance,  and  he 
shall  provide  copies  of  all  contracts  in  his  office  for  the  Auditor 
and  Comptroller,  when  requested  so  to  do  by  them.  He  shall 
have  general  supervision  of  the  public  printing,  and  shall  see 
that  it  is  executed  as  hereinafter  provided ;  and  shall  cause  to 
be  printed,  filed  and  preserved,  in  his  office,  all  ordinances 
passed  by  the  Assembly;  shall  register  and  preserve,  in  his 
office,  all  contracts,  the  oaths  or  affirmations  taken  by  the  city 
officers,  and  may  administer  such"  oaths  or  affirmations.  He 
shall  appoint  such  clerks  as  he  may  require,  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Mayor.  He  shall  do  and  perform  all  duties  now 
required  of  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Court  by  any  general  or 
special  law  not  inconsistent  with  this  section  or  the  Scheme, 
and  shall  exercise  the  same  power,  authority  and  jurisdiction 
as  said  clerk  for  the  proper  execution  of  the  laws  of  this  State. 

SEC.  24.  Duties  of  Collector,  Official  Bond,  Etc.— The 
Collector  shall  collect  all  city,  State  and  school  taxes,  licenses,* 
wharfage,  and  all  other  claims  that  the  city  may  have  against 
any  person,  and  shall  pay  the  same  over  to  the  Treasurer  once 
each  day.  The  State  and  school  taxes  collected  by  him  shall 
be  paid  as  provided  by  law.  He  shall  give  bond,  for  the  faith- 
ful performance"  of  his  duties,  in  such  sum  as  the  Municipal 
Assembly  may  deem  requisite,  not  less  than  two  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars,  with  five  securities,  who  are  owners  of  unincum- 
bered  real  estate  in  the  city,  which  shall  be  approved  by  the 
Mayor  and  Council ;  and  shall  keep  the  books  and  accounts  of 

*  See  note  to  Section  31,  Article  V. 


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EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

his  office  as  may  be  directed  by  ordinance,  or,  in  the  absence 
of  any  definite  requirements,  the  Comptroller  shall  prescribe 
the  manner  of  keeping  such  books  and  accounts. 

SEC.  25.    Police  Justices,  Powers  and  Jurisdiction  of.  - 

The  police  justices,  or  any  acting  justices  pro  tcni,  shall  have 
jurisdiction  over  all  cases  arising  under  this  Charter,  and  of 
the  violation  of  any  ordinance,  or  of  any  provisions  of  this 
Charter,  subject  to  appeal,  either  by  the  city  or  defendant,  to 
the  St.  Louis  Court  of  Criminal  Correction,  in  like  manner  as 
provided  by  law  for  appeals  from  justices  of  the  peace  in 
criminal  cases  to  their  appellate  court,  and  power  to  punish  all 
contempts  of  court,  by  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  ten  days ;  and  power  to 
enforce  all  legal  orders  and  judgments,  as  a  court  of  record 
may :  and  power  to  give  final  judgment  against  the  principal 
and  security  on  any  forfeited  bond  or  recognizance  returnable 
to  this  court,  subject  to  an  appeal,  as  in  other  cases. 

SEC.  26.  Police  Justices  to  be  Conservators  of  the 
Peace,  Etc. — Justices  of  the  Peace  to  Have  Concurrent 
Jurisdiction  in  Certain  Cases. — The  police  justices  shall  be 
conservators  of  the  peace  through  the  city,  and  shall  exercise 
the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  which  may  be  prescribed 
by  ordinance.  The  justices  of  the  peace  within  the  city  shall 
have  concurrent  jurisdiction  with  the  police  justices  in  all  cases 
under  ordinances  or  charter,  when  the  Mayor  shall  direct  pros- 
ecution before  them. 

SEC.  27.  Municipal  Assembly  May  Increase  Number  of 
Police  Justices  and  Establish  Judicial  Districts— Courts 
of  Police  Justices,  Where  Held.  —The  Municipal  Assembly 
shall  have  power,  from  time  to  time,  by  ordinance,  passed  by 
a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  elected  to  each  house,  to 
increase  the  number  of  police  justices,  who  shall  be  appointed 
and  hold  office  for  a  term  of  four  years,  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided in  reference  to  such  justices.  Said  Assembly  shall,  by 
ordinance,  divide  the  city  into  judicial  districts,  and  may,  from 
time  to  time,  alter  the  same,  and  may  also  give,  to  the  justices 
of  such  districts,  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  causes  arising  in 
their  respective  districts;  and  shall,  by  ordinance,  provide  for 


70  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IV. 

EXECUTIVE  AND   ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

holding  police  courts  whenever  the  justice  of  any  such  court 
is  disabled  or  disqualified  by  absence,  sickness  or  otherwise 
from  holding  the  same ;  may  authorize  any  other  police  justice 
or  any  justice  of  the  peace  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  to  hold 
such  court  and  discharge  the  duties  of  such  justice  during  the 
continuance  of  the  disability  or  disqualification,  and  shall  also 
provide  for  the  trial  of  causes  pending  in  the  court  of  any 
police  justice,  in  which  said  justice  may  be  a  material  witness, 
or  in  which  he  may  be  interested  or  of  kin  to  the  defendant. 
The  police  justices  shall  hold  their  court  in  such  places  as  may 
be  provided  by  ordinance,  and  in  the  absence  of  and  until  such 
provision  shall  be  made,  they  snail  hold  them  at  such  places  as 
the  Mayor  may  direct. 

SEC.  28.  Municipal  Assembly  to  Define  Duties  of  City 
Officers. — The  Municipal  Assembly  shall,  by  ordinance,  define 
the  duties  of  all  city  officers,  and  may  change,  increase  or 
diminish,  them  in  a  manner  not  inconsistent  with  this  charter. 

SEC.  29.  Commissioner  of  Supplies,  His  Duties,  Etc.— 
Contracts  to  be  Approved  by  Mayor. —The  Commissioner  of 
Supplies  shall  purchase  all  articles  needed  by  the  city  in  its 
several  departments.  The  Municipal  Assembly  shall  provide, 
by  ordinance,  for  the  purchase  of  all  articles,  so  far  as  prac- 
ticable, by  advertising  for  proposals  at  stated  periods.  All  pur- 
chases made  by  him  without  advertising  for  proposals  shall  be 
approved  by  the  Comptroller  before  the  same  shall  become 
binding  on  the  city.  In  advertising  for  proposals  to  furnish 
supplies,  quantity  and  quality  of  all  articles  shall  be  fully  stated. 
and  any  bidder  may  bid  for  any  one  article  named.  The  award 
for  each  article  shall,  in  all  cases,  be  made  to  the  lowest  bidder 
therefor.  The  Commissioner  of  Supplies  shall  furnish  to  the 
bidders  printed  blanks,  which  shall  be  filled  up  by  the  bidders 
with  the  price  of  the  article  to  be  furnished,  and  shall,  in  spec- 
ifying the  quantity  and  quality  of  any  article,  recite  the  adver- 
tisement. All  bids  shall  be  sealed,  and  opened  at  an  hour  and 
place  to  be  stated  in  the  advertisement  for  proposals,  in  the 
presence  of  as  many  of  the  bidders  as  may  desire  to  be  present, 
and  shall  be  subjected  to  the  inspection  of  the  bidders.  Ail  bids 
having  any  alteration  or  erasure  upon  them  shall  be  rejected. 


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EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE   DEPARTMENT. 

All  contracts  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  before  they  shall 
become  binding  upon  the  city. 
SEC.  30.    Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures,  Duties, 

Etc.— The  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures  shall,  at  least 
once  in  each  year,  and  as  much  oftener  as  may  be  ordained  by 
the  Assembly,  inspect  every  scale,  weight  and  measure  used  in 
the  City  of  St.  Louis,  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  quan- 
tity of  merchandise  sold  or  offered  for  sale.  The  Assembly 
shall,  by  ordinance,  fix  the  fee  to  be  paid  for  such  inspection, 
for  which  a  license  shall  be  granted  in  every  case  by  the  In- 
spector, and  all  such  fees  he  shall,  monthly,  report  to  the  Comp- 
troller, and  daily  pay  into  the  city  treasury.  He  shall  keep  a 
record  of  all  scales  and  measures  inspected  by  him,  specifying 
date,  place  of  inspection,  and  the  names  of  the  parties  for  whom 
the  inspection  is  made.  He  shall  receive  a  fixed  salary  for  his 
services.  No  person  within  the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  use  any 
scale,  weight  or  measure  to  determine  the  quantity  of  any  mer- 
chandise sold  or  offered  for  sale,  which  shall  not  have  been 
inspected  and  sealed  by  the  said  Inspector. 

*SEC.  31.  City  Marshal,  Duties,  Etc.— To  Serve  and 
Return  Notices  of  Special  Tax  Bills. — The  Marshal  shall 
execute  and  return  all  processes  and  orders  of  the  Mayor,  Law 
Department,  Health  Department,  Police  Justices  or  Justices  of 
the  Peace,  St.  Louis  Criminal  Court  and  St.  Louis  Court  of 
Criminal  Correction,  and  all  notices  of  special  tax  bills,  under 
any  law  or  ordinance,  except  as  in  this  Scheme  or  this  Charter 
otherwise  provided ;  he  shall  keep  a  detailed  account  of  the  re- 
ceipts of  all  money  collected  by  his  office,  and  of  all  delin- 
quencies, and  shall  report  all  receipts  and  delinquencies, 
monthly,  to  the  Comptroller;  he  shall  appoint,  with  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Mayor,  such  deputies  as  he  may  require. 

SEC.  32.  City  Counselor,  Duties,  Etc. — The  City  Coun- 
selor shall  be  the  chief  law  officer  of  the  city.  He  shall  prose- 
cute and  defend  all  suits  originating  or  pending  in  any  court 
of  record,  except  the  St.  Louis  Criminal  Court  and  St.  Louis 
Court  of  Criminal  Correction,  to  which  the  city  is  a  party,  or  in 


*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election  held  on  October  22, 1901. 


72  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IV. 

EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE   DEPARTMENT. 

which  the  city  or  any  of  its  officers  are  officially  interested ;  he 
shall  advise  either  house  of  the  Assembly  or  any  committee 
thereof,  in  writing,  when  required,  as  to  all  legal  questions  that 
may  arise  before  them.  He  shall  advise  the  Mayor,  and 
through  him  all  other  officers,  in  relation  to  their  duties,  or  in 
relation  to  the  interests  of  the  city  in  which  they  are  directly 
engaged,  and  from  time  to  time  make  such  reports  in  relation 
to  the  suits  in  which  the  city  is  interested  as  may  be  required 
by  the  Mayor  or  the  Assembly.  He  shall  have  a  superintend- 
ing control  over  the  business  intrusted  to  the  City  Attorney, 
and  when  necessary  he  shall  aid  him  in  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  his  office,  at  the  request  of  the  Mayor. 

BOARD   OF   PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS. 

SEC.  33.  Board  of  Public  Improvements — Meeting-- 
Duties of. — The  Board  of  Public  Improvements  shall  meet  at 
least  once  in  each  week  at  its  office  to  consider  and  take  under 
advisement  such  business  as  may  come  before  it.  Said  Board 
shall  furnish  through  its  President  to  the  Mayor,  the  Municipal 
Assembly  or  either  branch  thereof,  such  data  and  information 
as  may  lie  required,  or  which  it  may  from  time  to  time  deem 
necessary  to  impart.  A  majority  of  said  Board  shall  form  a 
quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  but  no  final  action 
shall  be  taken  in  any  matter  concerning  the  special  departments 
of  any  absent  commissioner,  unless  this  business  has  been  made 
the  special  order  of  the  day. 

SEC.  34.  Members  of  Board  to  be  Heads  of  Departments.— 
The  commissioners  named  in  section  3  of  this  article  shall  be, 
respectively,  the  heads  of  their  several  departments,  and  shall 
be  responsible  for  all  actions  of  their  employes. 

SEC.  35.  Street  Commissioner — Duties,  Etc. — The  Street 
Commissioner  shall  have  under  his  special  charge  the  construc- 
tion, reconstruction,  repairing  and  cleaning  of  the  public 
streets,  alleys  and  places,  excepting  parks. 

SEC.  36.  Sewer  Commissioner— Duties,  Etc.—  The  Sewer 
Commissioner  shall  have  under  his  special  charge  the  construc- 
tion, repairs  and  cleaning  of  all  public  district  sewers,  inlets, 
manholes,  and  other  appurtenances  belonging  thereto. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IV. 

EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

SEC.  37.  Water  Commissioner— Duties,  Etc.— The  Water 
Commissioner  shall  have  under  his  special  charge  the  pumping 
machinery,  reservoirs  and  water  pipes,  and  other  property  con- 
nected with  the  waterworks.  He  shall  have  the  superintend- 
ence over  the  enlarging  of  the  works  and  the  laying  of  water 
pipe,  and  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision  over  the  entire 
water  works  department,  excepting  the  collection  of  water 
rates. 

SEC.  38.  Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner— Duties,  Etc. 

—The  Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner  shall  have  under  his 
special  charge  the  construction  and  repairs  of  dykes,  wharf 
and  levee,  and  shall  be  specially  charged  with  the  execution 
of  all  ordinances  of  the  city  which  relate  to  dykes,  wharf  and 
levee,  steamboats  and  all  other  boats,  vessels  and  rafts.  He 
shall  furnish  to  the  Collector  such  information  as  will  enable 
the  said  Collector  to  collect  wharfage  and  other  dues  from 
boats,  vessels  and  rafts. 

SEC.  39.  Park  Commissioner— Duties,  Etc. — The  Park 
Commissioner  shall  have  under  his  special  charge  and  control 
all  the  public  parks  and  places  and  squares  of  the  city,  ex- 
cepting such  as  are  by  this  Charter,  or  by  their  dedication  or 
other  special  provisions  in  the  nature  of  a  contract,  -excluded 
from  the  control  of  the  city. 

SEC.  40.  Gas  Commissioner— Duties,  Etc.— The  Gas 
Commissioner  shall  have  under  his  special  charge  and  control 
all  the  property  belonging  to  the  city  gas  works,  and  shall 
exercise  a  general  supervision  over  the  said  works  and  the  lay- 
ing of  all  gas  mains  and  pipes,  and  erecting,  repairing,  light- 
ing and  cleaning  street  lamps. 

SEC.  41.  President  of  the  Board  of  Improvements  to 
Have  Supervision  Over  Other  Commissioners  and  Authen- 
ticate Special  Tax  Bills. — The  President  of  the  Board  of 
Public  Improvements  shall  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the 
Board,  and  shall  have  charge  of  all  the  public  improvements 
not  specially  provided  for  in  this  article.  He  shall  have  a  gen- 
eral supervision  over  the.  departments  of  all  other  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  and  shall  inform 
the  Mayor  or  Municipal  Assembly  of  any  dereliction  of  duty 


74  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IV. 

EXECUTIVE  AND   ADMINISTRATIVE   DEPARTMENT. 

of  any  Commissioner.  He  shall  authenticate  all  special  tax 
bills  against  property  owners  chargeable  with  special  taxes 
for  work  performed  or  materials  furnished  under  ordinances 
of  the  city,  which  said  bills  shall  be  made  out  and  certified 
to,  him  by  the  head  of  the  department  under  which  said  work  is 
done  or  material  furnished. 

SEC.  42.  Assembly  May  Provide  Additional  Duties  for 
Board.— The  Municipal  Assembly  shall  provide  by  ordinance 
such  additional  duties  of  and  requirements  from  the  Board  of 
Public  Improvements  and  its  several  members,  as  it  may  deem 
necessary,  and  for  the  appointment  by  them  of  such  assistants 
and  employes  as  the  demands  of  the  several  departments  may 
require. 

SEC.  43.     Oath  of  City  Officers— Bond  of  Same.— Every 

officer  of  the  city  and  his  assistants,  before  entering  upon  the 
duties  of  his  office,  shall  take  and  subscribe  to  an  oath  or 
affirmation  before  some  judge  or  justice  of  the  peace  or  the 
Register,  that  he  possesses  all  the  qualifications  prescribed  for 
his  office  by  the  Charter ;  that  he  will  support  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  and  the 
Charter  and  ordinances  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  that  he 
will  faithfully  demean  himself  in  office.  And  every  officer  of  the 
corporation,  when  so  required  by  law  or  ordinance,  shall,  within 
fifteen  days  after  his  election  or  appointment,  and  before 
entering  upon  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  give 
bond  to  the  city  in  such  sum  as  shall  be  designated  by  ordi- 
nance, conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties, 
and  that  he  will  pay  over  all  moneys  that  belong  to  the  city 
as  provided  by  law.  If  any  person  elected  or  appointed  to  an 
office  shall  fail  to  take  and  subscribe  such  oath  or  affirmation, 
or  give  bond  as  herein  required,  his  office  shall  be  deemed 
vacant.  For  any  breach  of  the  condition  of  said  bond,  suit 
may  be  instituted  thereon  by  the  city,  or  by  any  person  in  the 
name  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  for  the  use  of  such  person  or 
persons. 

Officers    Defined. — The  term  "officers/'  whenever  used  in 
this  Charter,   shall  include  all  persons  holding  any  situation 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IV.  75 

EXECUTIVE  AND   ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

under  the  city  government  or  its  departments,  with  an  annual 
salary  or  for  a  definite  term  of  office;  and  the  term  "fiscal 
officers,"  whenever  used,'  shall  include  all  persons  engaged  in 
any  relation  in  the  collection  and  disbursement  of  the  city's 
money. 

Forfeiture  of  Office  for  Failure  to  Pay  Over  Money.  - 

Any  failure  on  the  part  of  any  city  officer  to  pay  into  the  treas- 
ury of  the  city  the  balance  reported  by  the  Auditor  to  be  due 
from  him  to  the  city,  upon  the  adjustment  of  his  account,  shall 
cause  a  forfeiture  of  his  office,  and  such  balance  shall  bear  in- 
terest at  ten  per  centum  per  annum  from  the  time  it  should  have 
been  accounted  for  until  it  shall  have  been  paid  into  the  treas- 
ury. The  Mayor  shall  immediately  order  suit  to  be  commenced 
in  the  proper  court  against  the  delinquent  officer  for  such 
balance. 

SEC.  44.    Mayor  to  Settle  Disputes  Between  Officers. — 

All  questions  of  difference  between  the  officers  of  the  city  af- 
fecting their  relative  powers  and  duties  may  be  referred  by 
either  of  them  to  the  Mayor,  who  shall  examine  and  determine 
such  questions,  and  his  decision  shall  be  final  as  between  such 
officers. 

SEC.  45.  Power  of  Assembly  to  Create  Offices.— The 
Assembly  shall  have  power,  by  ordinance  passed  by  a  vote  of 
two-thirds  of  the  members-elect  of  each  house,  to  create  any 
other  office  which  it  may  deem  necessary,  and  to  provide  for 
the  manner  of  filling  the  same. 

SEC.  46.  Mayor  to  Enforce  Contracts— Officers  to  Re- 
port Violations  of  Contract. — The  Mayor  shall  see  that  all 
contracts  and  agreements  with  the  city  are  faithfully  kept  and 
performed,  and  to  this'  end  he  shall  cause  legal  proceedings  to 
be  instituted  and  prosecuted  against  all  persons  or  corporations 
failing  to  fulfill  their  agreements  with  the  city.  And  it  is  the 
duty  of  every  city  officer,  when  it  shall  come  to  his  knowledge 
that  any  contract  with  the  city,  relating  to  the  business  of  any 
office,  has  been  violated  by  the  other  contracting  party,  forth- 
with to  report  the  fact  to  the  Mayor. 


76  CITY  CHARTER—ARTICLE  IV. 

EXECUTIVE   AXD   ADMINISTRATIVE   DEPARTMENT. 

SEC.  47.  Chiefs  of  Departments  to  Report  Annually  to 
the  Mayor  and  Quarterly  to  the  Comptroller— Books, 
Papers,  Etc.,  to  be  Open  to  Inspection  by  Members  of  As- 
sembly, Mayor  and  Comptroller— Mayor  to  Submit  All 
Reports  to  Assembly. — The  chief  of  every  department  shall 
report  annually  to  the  Mayor,  and  as  often  as  may  be  required 
by  him,  and  quarterly  to  the  Comptroller,  a  full  itemized  ac- 
count of  ali  the  money  received  and  paid  out  by  or  through 
said  department,  and  their  books,  papers,  and  everything  con- 
nected with  their  offices,  shall  be  open  for  examination  and  in- 
spection by  any  member  of  either  house  of  the  Municipal  As- 
sembly, and  the  Mayor  and  Comptroller.  All  annual  reports 
shall  be  submitted  by  the  Mayor,  with  his  message,  to  the 
Assembly. 

SEC.  48.  Report  of  Comptroller. — The  Comptroller  shall, 
at  the  opening  of  each  stated  session  of  tHe  Assembly,  submit 
his  report  of  the  financial  condition  of  the  city  and  of  the  busi- 
ness in  his  office,  and  therewith  the  reports  of  all  other  fiscal 
officers.  His  report  shall  contain  his  estimates  of  the  receipts 
and  of  the  necessary  appropriations  to  meet  all  the  wants  of 
the  current  year. 

Report  Of  Auditor.  — The  report  of  the  Auditor  shall  com- 
prise full  and  .complete  tables  of  facts  in  relation  to  the  receipts 
and  expenditures  of  the  revenues  since  his  last  annual  report, 
and  an  exhibit  of  the  condition  of  the  several  general  and 
special  revenue  accounts,  individual  funds  and  other  accounts 
on  his  books,  and  their  balances. 

Report  of  Treasurer. — The  Treasurer's  report  shall  exhibit 
the  amount  of  cash  on  hand  at  the  date  of  the  last  annual  re- 
port, the  amount  since  received  and  paid  out,  respectively,  on 
account  of  each  class  of  funds,  and  what  balance  remains  to 
the  credit  of  each. 

Report  of  Collector. — The  Collector's  report  shall  embrace 
all  his  collections  since  his  last  annual  report  from  all  the 
different  sources,  respectively,  and  the  expends  of  his  office  in 
detail. 

Report  of  Marshal. — The  Marshal's  report  shall  state  how 
much  he  has  collected  from  fines,  fees  and  penalties  respect- 


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EXECUTIVE   AND   ADMINISTRATIVE  DEPARTMENT. 

ively,  of  all  kinds,  and  how  much  from  all  other  sources,  and 
how  much  he  has  paid  into  the  treasury,  and  also  the  expenses 
he  has  incurred  and  charged,  and  which  were  either  deducted 
from  his  collections,  or  paid  out  of  the  treasury,  and  on  what 
account,  in  detail ;  also  the  amount  of  all  uncollected  bills  of 
fines  and  fees. 

Report  of  Board  of  Public  Improvements.  —The  report  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  shall  set  forth  in  detail  the 
condition  of  the  public  works  of  the  city,  under  appropriate 
headings,  and  description  of  each  contract,  the  names  of  the 
contractors,  the  authority  for  and  amount  appropriated  to  each 
piece  of  work  or  contract,  the  amount  paid  thereon  prior  to  the 
last  annual  report,  the  amount  since,  and  an  estimate  of  what 
is  necessary  to  complete  the  same;  how  much,  for  what  pur- 
pose, and  under  what  authority  expenditures  have  been  made 
without  written  contract  approved  by  the  Assembly,  and  all 
other  things  in  their  department  of  interest  to  the  administra- 
tion or  the  public. 

SEC.  49.  Commissioners  on  Charitable  Institutions— 
Their  Duties  and  Powers— May  Remove  Officers  of  Institu- 
tions.— The  Commissioners  on  Charitable  Institutions  shall 
have  a  general  visitorial  supervision  over  all  penal  and  chari- 
table institutions  supported  wholly  or  in  part  by  the  city.  They 
shall  have  power  by  an  unanimous  vote,  to  remove  any  ap- 
pointed officer  or  employe  of  such  institution,  and  shall,  in 
case  of  such  removal,  notify  the  Mayor,  and  request  him  to  fill 
the  vacancy.  The  Mayor  shall  have  no  power  to  reappoint 
any  person  removed  by  the  Commissioners. 

SEC.  50.  Commissioners  on  Charitable  Institutions  to 
Meet  Monthly  at  City  Hall  and  Visit  Institutions 
Monthly — May  Recommend  Ordinances  to  Assembly- 
Shall  Receive  No  Compensation.  — The  Commissioners  shall 
meet  at  least  once  in  each  month  at  their  office  in  the  City  Hall, 
and  shall  visit  all  the  institutions  under  their  supervision  at 
least  once  in  each  month.  They  shall  recommend  to  the  As- 
sembly such  ordinances  as  they  may  deem  necessary  for  the 
welfare  of  the  persons  under  their  supervision,  and  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  city.  They  shall  receive  no  pay  lor  their  services. 


78 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  V. 


ARTICLE  V. 

REVENUE  AND  TAXATION. 


1.  Municipal  Assembly  to  levy  and 

collect  all  taxes ;  rate  of  taxes 
in  old  and  new  limits. 

2.  Assembly  may  increase  tax   rate 

in  extended  limits. 

3.  Enforcement  of  taxes. 

4.  Licenses,    wharfages    and    other 

dues. 

5.  Blank      licenses,      tickets,      etc., 

how  issued. 

6.  Classification  of  taxes,  etc. 

7.  Payments  into   city  treasury. 

8.  Settlements  of  fiscal  officers. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

9.  Appropriations. 

10.  Limitation  of  appropriations. 

11.  Payments  out  of  city  treasury. 

12.  All    ordinances    authorizing    dis- 

bursements to  be  indorsed  by 
Comptroller. 

13.  Unadjusted    accounts,    how    cer- 

tified, etc. 

14.  All    expenditures,    etc.,    must    be 

by   ordinance. 

ASSESSMENT    OF    PROPERTY. 

15.  Board  of  Assessors  ;  Assembly  to 

establish  assessment  districts. 

16.  Official      bonds      of       assessors ; 

duties  of  district  assessors ; 
when  assessments  shall  com- 
mence and  end,  etc. 

17.  Qualifications  of  assessors. 

18.  Duties    of    President    of    Board 

of  Assessors  ;  shall  be  account- 
able for  all  plats,  books,  etc. 
belonging  to  office ;  may  ap- 
point clerks  and  deputies ; 
personal  attendance  in  office 
required. 


SECTION. 

19.  Assessment     books,     how     made 

up. 

20.  Public    notice    to    be    given    of 

completion  of  books. 

21.  Duty    of    Recorder   of    Deeds    in 

reference  to  conveyances. 

22.  Property      not      laid      off      into 

blocks,  etc.,  to  be  assessed  as 
agricultural  lands. 

23.  Costs       of       assessments,       how 

paid. 

BOARD    OF    EQUALIZATION. 

24.  its  organization  and  duties. 

25.  Record  of  proceedings,. 

26.  Abstract     of     corrected     assess- 

ments to  be  sent  to  Mayor 
and  State  Auditor;  State, 
school  and  city  tax-bills,  how 
prepared  ;  duty  of  Comptroller 
in  reference  to  tax-bills  and 
assessment  books. 

27.  Ordinance    fixing    percentage    of 

taxes. 

28.  Comptroller     to     correct     mani- 

fest errors  in  assessments. 

29.  Authority   of   Comptroller   as   to 

delinquent  taxes,  etc. 

COLLECTION  OF    TAXES. 

30.  Bond  of  City  Collector. 

31.  Collector     to     collect     all     rev- 

enues except  water  rates. 

32.  Rebate  on  tax-bills. 

33.  Authority     of    Collector    to     ap- 

point deputies. 

34.  City    Collector    to     perform    all 

duties  discharged  by  County 
Collector. 


^SECTION  1.  Municipal  Assembly  to  Levy  and  Collect 
Taxes — Rates  for  Various  Purposes  Specified — Rates  for 
Erecting-  Public  Building's,  How  Increased— Revenue  for 
Erecting-  Public  Building's. —For  the  support  of  the  govern- 
ment of  the  city,  the  improvement  thereof,  and  the  payment  of 
the  public  debt,  the  Municipal  Assembly  shall,  by  ordinance, 
annually  levy,  assess  and  collect  taxes  on  all  subjects  and  ob- 


*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amendment 
election  held  on  October  22, 1901. 


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jects  of  taxation,  and  on  all  property  within  the  city  made 
taxable  by  law  for  State  purposes ;  and  establish  the  rate 
thereof,  as  follows,  to- wit :  For  municipal  purposes  a  sum  not 
exceeding  the  maximum  authorized  by  the  Constitution  of  the 
State,  or  any  amendment  thereof ;  for  the  payment  of  the  valid 
indebtedness  of  the  city  existing  on  the  seventh  day  of  April, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  and  for  the  bonds  issued  in  re- 
newal thereof,  a  percentum  sufficient,  at  least,  to  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  Section  two,  Article  fourteen  of  this  Charter ; 
for  the  payment  of  indebtedness  which  may  have  been  incurred 
thereafter  or  may  be  incurred  hereafter,  a  percentum  suf- 
ficient at  least  to  pay  the  interest  on  such  indebtedness  as  it 
falls  due,  and  also  to  constitute  a  sinking  fund  for  payment  of 
the  principal  thereof  within  twenty  years  from  the  time  of 
contracting  the  same,  or  within  such  other  period  as  may  be 
permitted  by  the  Constitution  of  this  State  in  force  at  the  time 
any  such  indebtedness  is  contracted,  unless  said  interest  and 
sinking  fund  are  hereinafter,  or  hereafter,  otherwise  provided 
for ;  provided,  however,  that  the  rates  of  taxation  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  indebtedness  existing  on  the  seventh  day  of  April, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  as  aforesaid,  and  for  the  payment 
of  each  separate  indebtedness  thereafter,  shall  be  separately 
established  ;  and  provided  further,  that  for  the  purpose  of  erect- 
ing public  buildings,  the  rate  of  taxation  for  municipal  purposes 
as  herein  limited,  may  be  increased  by  the  Municipal  Assembly, 
when  the  rate  of  such  increase  and  the  purpose  for  which  it  is 
intended  shall  have  been  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  people,  and 
two-thirds  of  the  qualified  voters  of  the  city,  voting  at  an  elec- 
tion to  be  held  for  that  purpose,  shall  vote  therefor.  The 
taxes  collected  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  public  buildings 
shall  be  designated  "revenue  for  erecting  public  buildings," 
and  shall  be  kept  distinct  from  other  revenues  and  used  for 
the  purpose  designated  in  the  submission  of  the  question  of 
increasing  the  rate,  as  aforesaid,  to  a  vote  of  tHe  people,  any 
other  provision  in  this  Charter  as  to  designation  or  application 
of  the  fund  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

The  Muncipal  Assembly  shall  also  be  empowered  to  levy, 
assess  and  collect  all  taxes,  of  every  description,  on  any  or  all 
of  the  subjects  or  objects  of  taxation  which  are  authorized  to 


80  %       CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  \7. 

REVENUE  AND  TAXATION. 

be  levied  by  the  municipality  under  the  constitution  and  laws 
of  this  State. 
*SEC.  2. 

SEC.  3.  Enforcement  of  Taxes. — The  payment  of  all 
taxes  for  the  city  shall  be  enforced  in  the  same  manner  and 
under  the  same  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  provided  by 
law  for  collecting  and  enforcing  the  payment  of  State  taxes. 

SEC.  4.  Licenses,  Wharfages  and  Other  Dues. — The 
Assembly  shall  also  provide  by  ordinance  for  the  levy  and  col- 
lection of  all  other  taxes,  licenses,  wharfages,  and  other  dues  of 
every  description,  and  to  fix  the  penalties  for  neglect  or  refusal 
to  pay  the  same  according  to  law  and  ordinance. 

SEC.  5.  Blank  Licenses,  Tickets,  Etc.,  How  Issued.— All 
blank  licenses,  tickets,  receipts,  permits,  certificates  or  other 
blank  forms  which  are  intended  to  facilitate  or  simplify  the  col- 
lection of  the  revenue,  shall  be  issued  by  the  Register  under 
the  seal  of  the  city,  and  delivered  and  charged  to  the  Comp- 
troller, who  shall  countersign  and  deliver  them  to  the  proper 
officers  respectively  and  take  duplicate  receipts  therefor,  one 
of  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  Auditor. 

tSEc.  6.  Classification  of  Taxes.— All  taxes  collected 
for  municipal  purposes,  from  all  sources  whatever,  shall  be 
designated  "Municipal  Revenue,"  and  the  taxes  collected  for 
the  payment  of  the  public  debt  shall  be  designated  "Interest 
and  Public  Debt  Revenue,"  and  the  latter  shall  always  be  kept 
distinct  from  other  revenues  and  held  sacred  for  the  payment 
of  interest  and  the  valid  indebtedness  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis 
existing  on  the  seventh  day  of  April,  eighteen  hundred  and 
ninety,  and  the  indebtedness  of  the  city  which  may  have  been 
incurred  thereafter  or  may  be  incurred  hereafter,  and  the  bonds 
issued  in  renewal  thereof,  and  for  no  other  purpose  whatever. 

SEC.  7.  Payments  Into  City  Treasury. — All  collections 
of  public  money  on  account  of  the  city  shall  be  paid  into  the 
city  treasury  and  triplicate  receipts  taken  therefor,  showing 
from  what  source  the  money  is  derivecl  and  the  account  to 

*This  section  is  omitted,  having  been  repealed  at  the  charter  amendment  election 
held  on  October  22, 1901. 

t  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election  held  on  October  22, 1901. 


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which  it  is  placed,  one  of  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  Auditor, 
and  one  with  the  Comptroller. 

SEC.  8.  Settlement  of  Fiscal  Officers.— The  settle- 
ment of  all  officers  engaged  in  collection  of  the  revenue,  shall 
be  adjusted  by  the  Comptroller,  and  by  him  certified  to  the 
Auditor,  at  least  monthly,  and  oftener  if  required  by  the  Mayor, 
and  all  blanks  not  used  shall  be  returned  by  the  Comptroller  to 
the  Register  for  cancellation. 

APPROPRIATIONS.      ' 

SEC.  9.  Appropriations. —The  appropriations  of  the 
Municipal  Assembly  for  the  payment  of  interest,  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  public  debt,  for  public  improvements,  and  for  the 
support  of  the  city  government  during  any  one  fiscal  year,  shall 
be  in  conformity  with  the  requirements  of  the  constitution  of 
the  State. 

SEC.  10.  Limitation  of  Appropriations. — No  appropria- 
tion shall  be  made  from  any  revenue  fund  in  excess  of  the 
amount  standing  to  the  credit  of  such  fund ;  nor  shall  it  be 
made  for  the  purposes  to  which  the  money  therein  is  not  ap- 
plicable by  law. 

SEC.  11.  Payments  Out  of  City  Treasury. —  No  money 
shall  be  paid  out  of  the  treasury  except  on  the  Auditor's  war- 
rant, and  no  warrant  shall  be  issued  on  any  appropriation,  un- 
less there  is  an  unexpended  balance  to  the  credit  thereof  suffi- 
cient to  cover  such  warrant,  and  money  in  the  treasury  to 
pay  it. 

SEC.  12.  All  Ordinances  Authorizing1  Disbursements 
to  Be  Indorsed  by  Comptroller. — All  ordinances  that  contem- 
plate the  payment  of  any  money  shall,  upon  their  second  read- 
ing, be  referred  to  the  appropriate  committee  who  shall  obtain 
the  indorsement  of  the  Comptroller  thereon  to  the  effect  that 
sufficient  unappropriated  means  stands  to  the  credit  of  the  fund 
therein  named,  to  meet  the  requirements  of  said  ordinance,  or 
it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  recommend  its  passage,  or  pass  the 
same:  Provided,  that  no  claim  shall  be  paid  without  the  ap- 
proval of  the  Auditor. 


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SEC.  13.     Unadjusted  Accounts,  How  Certified,  Etc.— 

All  unadjusted  accounts,  before  they  are  audited,  must  be  cer- 
tified to  by  the  officer  having  knowledge  of  the  facts,  and  the 
Auditor  and  Comptroller  may  allow  them,  or  in  case  of  their 
disagreement,  then  by  either  of  them  and  the  Mayor;  and  all 
accounts  thus  allowed  shall  be  paid  as  directed  in  this  article. 
All  audited  accounts  shall  be  registered  in  the  Comptroller's 
office,  and  filed  and  preserved  as  vouchers  in  the  Auditor's 
office. 

SEC.  14.    All  Expenditures,  Etc.,  Must  Be  by  Ordinance. 

— No  money  shall  be  expended,  nor  shall  any  improvement  be 
ordered  involving  an  expenditure  of  money,  except  by  ordi- 
nance, the  provisions  of  which  shall  be  specffic  and  definite. 

ASSESSMENT  OF  PROPERTY. 

SEC.  15.  Board  of  Assessors— Assembly  to  Establish  As- 
sessmentDistricts. — The  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  be  assessed, 
in  accordance  with  the  general  laws,  by  a  Board  of  Assessors, 
consisting  of  a  President  of  the  Board,  to  be  elected  by  the 
qualified  voters  of  the  city,  and  one  Assessor  from  each  assess- 
ment district,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  and  con- 
firmed by  the  Council  and  the  Municipal  Assembly  shall  lay 
off  the  city  into  convenient  assessment  districts,  and  shall  have 
power  to  alter  and  change  the  same,  as  necessity  or  conven- 
ience may  require. 

SEC.  16.  Official  Bonds  of  Assessors.— The  President  of 
the  Board,  and  each  of  the  district  assessors,  before  entering 
upon  their  official  duties,  shall  give  bond  and  security  to  the 
State,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Mayor,  with  three  or  more  sol- 
vent securities,  freeholders  of  the  city,  the  said  President  in  a 
sum  not  less  than  twenty  thousand  dollars,  and  the  said  dis- 
trict assessors,  each,  in  a  sum  not  less  than  two  thousand  dol- 
lars, the  amount  to  be  fixed  by  ordinance,  conditioned  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  their  office,  which  bonds 
shall  be  executed  in  duplicate,  one  of  which  shall  be  forwarded 
l<>  the  State  Auditor,  and  the  other  be  deposited  with  the  Regis- 
ter of  the  Citv  of  St.  Louis. 


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Duties  of  Assessors— Reports.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
district  assessors  to  assess  the  property  within  the  districts  for 
which  they  were  appointed,  under  the  direction  and  superin- 
tendence of  the  President,  in  the  manner  provided  by  law. 
They  shall  commence  their  assessment  on  the  first  day  of  June* 
in  each  year,  and  complete  the  same,  and  make  their  final  report 
to  the  President,  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  in  January  fol- 
lowing. Each  report  shall  be  verified  by  the  affidavit  thereto 
of  the  assessor  making  it,  that  he  made  the  assessment  con- 
tained in  his  report  impartially  and  correctly  to  the  best  of  his 
ability  and  judgment,  and  uninfluenced  by  fear  of,  or  favor  by, 
or  toward  any  one. 

ISEC.  17.  Qualifications  of  Assessors.— The  President 
of  the  Board  of  Assessors  shall  be  of  the  age  of  at  least  thirty 
years,  and  have  been  a  resident  within  the  city  for  at  least 
seven  years  next  before  his  qualification ;  and  each  district 
assessor  shall  have  been  a  resident  within  the  city  for  at  least 
five  years  next  before  his  qualification,  or  competent  for  his 
duties  from  actual  service  as  an  assessor  of  real  estate  in  the 
City  of  St.  Louis  for  taxation. 

SEC.  18.  Duties  of  the  President  of  the  Board  of  As- 
sessors—Shall Be  Accountable  for  All  Plats,  Books,  Etc., 
Belonging  to  the  Office— May  Appoint  Clerks  and  Depu- 
ties—Personal Attendance  in  Office  Required.  —It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  President  of  the  Board  to  superintend  the 
work  of  the  district  assessors,  and  the  assessment  of  the  entire 
city,  to  see  that  they  faithfully  discharge  their  duty,  and,  as  far 
as  possible,  make  the  assessment  uniform  and  equal  through- 
out the  city.  He  shall  take  the  entire  charge  of  the  Assessor's 
office,  and  all  maps,  plats,  books,  papers  and  furniture,  etc.,  be- 
longing to  the  said  office.  He  shall  be  accountable  for  all  such 
plats,  and  shall  not  permit  any  one  of  them,  under  any  pretence 
whatever,  to  be  removed  from  the  office  except  those  which 
may  be  required  by  the  district  assessors  for  the  assessment 
of  their  allotted  districts.  He  shall  use  all  proper  care  and 


*  Act  of  March  24,  1881,  Laws  of  1881-2,  p.  178. 

t  The  provision  originally  contained  in  section  17,  requiring  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Assessors,  and  each  District  Assessor,  to  be  a  freeholder,  was  repealed  by 
section  5259  of  the  Revised  Statutes  1899  and  is  omitted. 


84  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  V. 

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diligence  to  preserve  all  maps,  plats,  books  and  papers  belong- 
ing to  the  office  from  injury,  and  shall  hold  the  district  as- 
sessors responsible  for  the  return,  in  good  condition,  of  all  plats 
that  may  be  furnished  to  them.  He  shall  alter  and  correct  the 
office  plats,  and  all  pfats  used  by  the  district  assessors,  as  re- 
quired by  law.  He  shall  furnish  the  district  assessors  with  all 
plats,  blanks,  stationery,  instructions,  and  all  information  that 
may  be  needed  by  them  for  the  proper  assessment  of  their 
respective  districts.  He  shall  receive  the  return  of  property 
of  those  upon  whom  the  district  assessors  have  ordered  notice, 
except  in  those  cases  where  the  district  assessors  make  personal 
service,  and  shall  administer  the  oath  required  by  law.  He 
may  appoint  one  or  more  of  the  clerks  in  his  office  as  deputies, 
and  he  or  they  shall  be  authorized  to  administer  the  oath.  He 
shall  furnish  paper,  blanks,  and  all  necessary  information  to 
persons  desiring  to  make  appeal  from  the  assessment  of  the 
district  assessors.  He  shall,  in  person,  be  at  his  office  every 
working  day,  during  office  hours,  except  when  engaged  in  his 
duties  as  Assessor,  or  absent  on  leave,  and  shall  furnish 
information  on  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  assessment  of 
property. 

SEC.  19.  Assessment  Books,  How  Made  Up.  —When  the 
district  'assessors  shall  have  completed  their  assessments,  said 
President  of  the  Board  shall  make  up  the  assessment  books  in 
proper  alphabetical  order,  from  the  plats  and  returns  made  by 
said  district  assessors,  from  the  return  of  property  holders  to 
the  Assessor's  office,  and  from  the  best  information  he  can 
otherwise  obtain,  so  that  said  assessment  books  shall  be  as 
nearly  as  possible  a  full  and  complete  assessment  of  all  taxable 
property  in  the  city,  the  same  to  be  completed  on  or  before  the 
third  Monday  in  March  of  each  year. 

SEC.  20.  Public  Notice  to  Be  Given  of  Completion  of 
Books.— As  soon  as  said  books  are  completed,  the  President  of 
the  Board  shall  give  one  week's  published  notice  in  the  daily 
newspapers, — one  of  which  shall  be  printed  in  German, — that 
said  books  are  open  for  inspection,  and  stating  the  time  when 
the  Board  of  Equalization  will  be  in  session. 


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SEC.  21.  Duty  of  Recorder  of  Deeds  in  Reference  to 
Conveyances.— The  Recorder  of  Deeds  of  the  City  of  St 
Louis  is  hereby  required  to  deliver  to  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Assessors,  from  day  to  day,  when  required  of  him, 
and  the  day  after  the  same  shall  have  been  recorded  and  com- 
pared, all  deeds  and  other  instruments  in  writing,  filed  in  his 
office,  by  which  any  change  of  ownership  is  made  in  any  of  the 
real  estate  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  the  President  of  the 
Board  shall,  without  unnecessary  delay,  make  such  changes 
upon  the  plats  in  his  office  as  said  deeds  and  other  instruments 
may  require,  and  forthwith  return  such  deeds  and  other  instal- 
ments to  said  Recorder. 

*SEC.  22. 

SEC.  23.  Costs  of  Assessment,  How  Paid.— All  the  costs 
and  expenses  of  the  assessment  shall  be  allowed  and  paid  by 
the  City  of  St.  Louis,  in  the  same  manner  as  other  demands 
against  the  city  are  allowed  and  paid,  and  when  the  aggregate 
for  each  year's  assessment  shall  have  been  ascertained,  the 
Auditor  of  St.  Louis  shall  certify  the  same  to  the  State  Auditor, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  draw  his  warrant  in  favor  of  the 
City  of  St.  Louis  for  one-half  of  said  assessment,  as  provided 
by  law. 

BOARD  OF  EQUALIZATION. 

SEC.  24.  Organization  and  Duties. — There  shall  be  a 
Board  of  Equalization,  consisting  of  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Assessors,  who  shall  be  President  thereof,  and  four 
discreet  and  experienced  real  estate  owners  of  the  City  of  St. 
Louis,  of  a  prior  residence  therein  of  ten  years,  who  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Judges  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  Eighth 
Judicial  Circuit,  on  the  second  Monday  of  March  annually. 
The  duty  of  said  Board  shall  be  to  adjust  correct  and  equalize 
the  valuation  of  real  estate  and  personal  property  in  said  city. 
It  shall  meet  on  the  third  Monday  in  March  annually,  and  shall 
remain  in  session  for  four  weeks,  if  business  requires  it,  and 
no  longer.  Said  Board  shall  hear  and  determine  all  appeals  in 
a  summary  manner,  shall  adjust  and  correct  the  assessment 


*  This  section  is  omitted,  having  been  repealed  at  the  charter  amendment  elec- 
tion held  on  October  22, 1901. 


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books  accordingly,  shall  determine  as  far  as  possible  whether 
the  property  has  been  assessed  at  the  true  cash  value,  and 
in  just  proportion  to  the  assessed  value  of  the  other 
property  in  the  city  similarly  situated  and  to  this  end  shall 
increase  or  diminish  the  assessment  on  any  property,  real  or 
personal,  or  mixed.  If  they  propose  to  increase  the  assessment 
in  any  case,  they  shall  cause  notice  thereof  to  be  served  upon 
the  owner,  agent  or  representative  thereof,  if  within  the  city, 
who  shall  have  the  right  to  be  heard  upon  such  proposed  in- 
crease. The  said  Board  shall  have  power  to  send  for  persons 
or  papers,  and  to  compel  the  attendance  of  witnesses,  and  to 
this  end  the  Sheriff  of  the  city  shall  execute  such  process  as 
may  be  issued  by  it.  The  majority  of  said  Board  shall  con- 
stitute a  quorum,  and  a  majority  of  those  present  shall  deter- 
mine all  matters  of  appeal  or  revision,  or  correction  of  values. 
The  compensation  of  the  members  of  the  Board  shall  be  fixed 
by  ordinance,  but  the  President  shall  receive  no  compensation 
as  such  member.  The  members  of  such  Board,  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  their  office,  shall  take  and  subscribe  an  oath 
similar  to  that  required  of  County  Boards  of  Equalization. 

SEC.  25.  Record  of  Proceeding's. — Said  Board  shall  keep 
a  complete  record  of  all  its  proceedings,  and  deliver  the  same 
to  the  said  President  to  be  kept  as  a  record  in  his  office. 

SEC.  26.  Abstract  of  Corrected  Assessments  to  Be  Sent 
to  Mayor  and  State  Auditor— State,  School  and  City  Tax 
Bills,  How  Prepared— Duty  of  Comptroller  in  Reference 
to  Tax  Bills  and  Assessment  Books.— After  the  assessment 
books  have  been  corrected,  the  President  of  the  Board  shall 
make  out  a  fair  copy  of  the  same,  and  shall  make  an  abstract 
of  said  books,  showing  the  amount  of  the  several  kinds  of 
property  assessed,  and  specifying  the  amount  of  value  of  all 
property  within  the  present  boundary  line  of  the  city,  the 
amount  of  value  of  all  property  in  the  extended  limits,  and  the 
aggregate  valuation  of  all  property  within  the  city  limits  as 
established  by  this  Charter,  and  add  thereto  his  certificate 
that  the  same  contains  a  true  and  correct  list  of  all  taxable 
property  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  so  far  as  he  has  been  able  to 
ascertain  the  same.  One  copy  of  the  abstract,  verified  by  his 


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oath,  shall  be  delivered  on  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  in 
May  to  the  Mayor  of  St.  Louis,  and  another  copy  to  the 
State  Auditor.  He  shall  add  upon  the  assessment  books  the 
State  and  school  taxes  required  by  law  to  be  levied,  and  also 
add  in  accordance  with  a  certified  copy  of  an  ordinance  from 
the  Municipal  Assembly,  all  municipal  taxes  set  forth  in  said 
ordinance,  and  shall  then  cause  to  be  made  out  tax  bills  against 
the  persons  assessed,  setting  'forth  in  said  bills  the  name  of 
the  person,  the  description  of  the  property,  and  the  several 
taxes  thereon,  the  name  of  the  ownert  lessee  or  agent  of  the 
property  assessed,  and  their  number  or  place  of  residence  or 
business,  and  such  other  information  as  may  facilitate  the 
collection  of  such  tax  bills.  He  shall  deliver  said  bills,  with 
an  abstract  of  the  same  and  with  a  copy  of  the  assessment 
books,  to  the  Comptroller,  who  shall  compare  said  bills  with 
the  abstract,  test  the  footings  thereof,  and  then  shall  officially 
stamp  said  bills  and  deliver  the  same  with  the  abstract  to  the 
Collector  and  take  his  separate  receipts  therefor,  First,  for  the 
aggregate  of  said  bills ;  Second,  for  the  amount  of  the  State 
taxes ;  which  last  receipt  the  said  Comptroller  shall  transmit  to 
the  State  Auditor. 

*SEC.  27.  Percentage  of  Taxes  Fixed  by  Ordinance.— 
On  or  before  the  fourth  Monday  in  May  in  each  year,  the 
Municipal  Assembly  shall  cause  to  be  delivered  to  the  President 
of  the  Board  of  Assessors  a  certified  ordinance  establishing 
the  percentage  of  taxes  for  the  current  year,  and  failing  so  to 
do  the  rates  last  previously  established  shall  be  the  percentage 
of  taxes  for  the  current  year. 

*SEC.  28.  Comptroller  to  Correct  Manifest  Errors  in 
Assessments.— The  City  Comptroller  is  authorized  and  em- 
powered to  hear  and  determine  all  allegations  of  manifest  er- 
rors in  the  assessment  of  lands  and  personal  property  for  taxes, 
and  in  all  cases  when  it  shall  appear  that  lands  or  personal 
property  have  been  erroneously  taxed,  the  said  Comptroller 
shall  cause  the  same  to  be  corrected  on  trie  assessment  books, 


*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election  held  on  October  22, 1901. 


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REVENUE  AND  TAXATION. 

and  shall  certify  to  the  State  Auditor  all  such  corrections  to 
be  credited  to  the  Collector. 

SEC.  29.  Authority  of  Comptroller  as  to  Delinquent 
Taxes,  Etc. — And  the  said  Comptroller  is  further  authorized 
and  empowered  to  discharge  all  the  duties,  and  perform  all  the 
acts  within  the  city  limits,  in  regard  to  the  "land  delinquent 
list,"  the  "sale  of  land  for  taxes,"  and  all  other  matters  relating 
to  the  assessment  books  and  tax-bills,  that  are  imposed  on  the 
County  Court  in  the  General  Law. 

COLLECTION    OF    TAXES. 

SEC.  30.  Bond  of  City  Collector. —The  Collector  of  the 
City  of  St.  Louis,  before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  his  office,  shall  give  bond  and  security  to  the  State, 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Mayor,  in  a  sum  provided  by  law 
and  ordinance,  conditioned  that  he  will  faithfully  and  punc- 
tually collect  and  pay  over  all  State,  school,  municipal  and 
other  revenues,  during  the  time  he  shall  be  in  office,  and  that 
he  will  in  all  things  faithfully  perform  all  the  duties  of  the 
office  of  Collector  according  to  law.  The  official  bond  required 
in  this  section  shall  be  signed  by  at  least  five  solvent  securities, 
freeholders  within  the  city,  and  be  executed  in  duplicate,  one  of 
which  shall  be  deposited  with  the  Register,  and  the  other  trans- 
mitted by  the  Register  to  the  State  Auditor,  who  shall  carefully 
examine  the  same,  and  if  it  appears  to  his  satisfaction  that  the 
bond  is  insufficient,  he  and  the  Mayor  shall  require  such  Col- 
lector to  give  additional  bond,  and  if  he  fail  to  give  such  addi- 
tional bond  within  ten  days  after  he  shall  have  been  notified,  his 
office  shall  be  declared  vacant.  Said  bond,  when  approved  and 
recorded,  shall  be  a  lien  against  the  real  estate  of  such  Collector 
until  he  shall  have  complied  with  the  conditions  thereof.  If 
the  Collector  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  give  such  bond  for  fifteen 
days  after  his  election,  his  office  shall  be  declared  vacant,  and 
an  election  shall  be  ordered  to  fill  the  vacancy.'1' 

SEC.  31.  Collector  to  Collect  All  Revenues  Except 
Water  Rates. — The  Collector  shall  collect  all  revenues  derived 


*  Collector's  bond.— Provisions  of  State  law,  R.  S.  Mo.  1899,  section  9206. 


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REVENUE  AND   TAXATION. 

from  all  other  sources,  which  may  be  levied  by  law  or  ordi- 
nance within  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  except  water  rates,  and 
keep  a  detailed  account  of  all  his  collections,  from  all  the  dif- 
ferent sources  of  revenue  and  taxation,  respectively.  All  col- 
lections made  belonging  to  the  city  shall  be  paid  into  the  city 
treasury  daily,  and  triplicate  receipts  taken  therefor,  showing 
from  what  the  money  proceeds,  and  the  account  to  which  it  is 
placed,  one  of  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  Auditor,  and  one 
with  the  Comptroller.* 

SEC.  32.  Rebate  on  Tax  Bills.— On  all  tax  bills  for  real 
and  personal  property,  on  the  assessment  books,  which  shall 
be  paid  to  the  Collector,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  October 
in  each  year,  allowance  or  rebate  shall  be  made  on  the  city 
taxes  on  said  bill,  to  the  person  or  persons  making  such  pay- 
ments, at  the  rate  of  eight  per  centum  per  annum  from  the 
date  of  such  payment  to  the  3ist  of  December  following,  and 
the  amount  of  such  allowance  or  rebate  shall  be  credited  to  the 
account  of  the  Collector,  and  charged  to  the  respective  revenue 
accounts. 

SEC.  33.    Authority  of  Collector  to  Appoint  Deputies. 

—The  Collector  may  appoint  deputies,  by  an  instrument  in  writ- 
ing, duly  signed,  and  may  also  revoke  any  such  appointment 
at  pleasure,  and  may  require  bonds  or  other  securities,  from 
such  deputies  to  secure  himself ;  and  each  such  deputy  shall 
have  like  authority  in  every  respect  to  collect  the  taxes  levied 
or  assessed  within  the  city  or  any  part  thereof  which  by  law 
is  vested  in  the  Collector  himself ;  but  the  Collector  shall,  in 
every  respect,  be  responsible  to  the  State,  city,  individuals, 
companies  and  corporations,  as  the  case  may  be,  for  all  moneys 
collected,  and  for  every  act  done  by  any  of  his  deputies  whilst 
acting  as  such,  and  for  any  omission  of  duty  by  such  deputy. 
Any  bond  or  security  taken  from  a  deputy  by  the  Collector  shall 
be  available  to  such  Collector,  his  representatives  and  securities, 
to  indemnify  them  for  any  loss  or  damage  arising  from  any 
act  of  such  deputy. 


*  Under  the  Act  of  March  17,  1893,  (Laws  1893,  p.  149),  the  Excise  Commissioner 
has  exclusive  authority  to  issue  dramshop  license.  Under  Act  of  General  Assembly 
(Laws  of  1901,  pp.  80-82).  the  license  tax  is  to  be  collected  by  the  License  Collector; 
thus  repealing  this  Section,  and  also  Section  24  of  Article  IV.,  in  so  far  as  they  impose 
the  duty  and  confer  the  power  in  this  respect  upon  the  Collector. 


90  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  V. 

REVENUE  AND  TAXATION. 

SEC.  33  (34).  City  Collector  to  Perform  All  Duties  Dis- 
charged by  County  Collector. —The  said  Collector  is  author- 
ized, empowered  and  directed  to  discharge  all  the  duties  and 
perform  all  the  acts  in  relation  to  the  collection  of  the  revenue, 
within  the  city  limits,  that  the  County  Collector  is  now  required 
and  authorized  by  law  to  do. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 


91 


ARTICLE   VI. 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS— CONDEMNATION  PROCEEDINGS- 
STREET  OPENINGS  —  CONSTRUCTION  OF  STREETS, 
BOULEVARDS,  ALLEYS,  ETC.,  AND  SEWERS-SPECIAL 
TAXATION— CONTRACTS  FOR  PUBLIC  WORK— STREET 
SPRINKLING. 


SECTION 

1.  Streets     to    be    established — lots 

etc.,  to  conform  to  established 
streets — map  or  plat  of  new 
blocks,  lots,  etc.,  to  bear  cer- 
tificate of  responsible  surveyor, 
to  be  approved  by  B.  P.  I.  and 
refer  to  established  landmark, 
otherwise  cannot  be  recorded — 
dedication  to  public  use  of 
streets,  alleys  and  public 
places — limitations  respecting 
heavy  hauling  and  business 
traffic  allowed  on  certain  con- 
ditions— private  places — boule- 
vards may  be  .  established  on 
stated  conditions,  or  discon- 
tinued. 

CONDEMNATION      PROCEEDINGS. 

2.  Form  of  petition — commissioners 

to  assess  damages — parties  de- 
fendant. 

3.  Notice  to  defendants — process  to 

be  served  by  city  marshal — 
notice  by  publication. 

4.  Court    shah    appoint    three    free- 

holders as  commissioners,  to 
assess  damages ;  qualifica- 
tions— majority  may  act  and 
report. 

5.  Duty    of     commissioners    as    to 

damages  and  benefits — assess- 
ments of  benefits  to  be  a  lien 
against  property — opening  of 
alleys. 

6.  Commissioners'   report  to  be  un- 

der oath — damages  and  bene- 
fits to  be  separately  stated. 

7.  Report   may   be   reviewed  on  ex- 

ceptions —  court  may  order 
new  appraisement,  etc. 

8.  Cost      of      proceedings — commis- 

sioners each  allowed  $3.00  a 
day. 

9.  Report  of   commissioners    to    be 

submitted  to  assembly — report 
stands  approveh  if  no  action 
taken  within  time  limited — on 
disapproval  of  report,  court 
shall  set  same  aside  and  order 
new  assessment  —  withdrawal 
of  proceedings  by  city,  con- 
ditions. 

10.  Final  action  of  court  to  be  re- 
ported to  comptroller,  who 
shall  furnish  copy  to  assem- 
bly— appropriation  to  pay 
damages ;  failure  to  appropri- 


SECTION 

ate  to  operate  as  a  bar  for 
ten  years. 

11.  City    may    deduct    benefits    from 

damages,  and  shall  pay  excess 
or  deposit  in  court — interest 
disallowed,  when — when  title 
of  property  in  dispute  dam- 
ages paid  into  court — improve- 
ment may  proceed. 

12.  Condemnation    of     property     for 

particular  uses. 

WATER     AND     GAS     PIPE     CON- 
NECTIONS. 

13.  Board     of     public    improvements 

to  regulate. 

CONSTRUCTION       OF        STREETS, 
BOULEVARDS    AND  ALLEYS. 

14.  Ordinances    for    improvement    of 

streets,  etc.,  to  originate  with 
B.  P.  I. — board  to  designate 
day  for  public  meeting  to  con- 
sider improvements  —  notice, 
contents  and  time  of  publica- 
tion —  remonstrance  against 
improvement,  time  of  filing, 
etc.,  and  action  of  board  there- 
on— two-thirds  vote  will  over- 
rule— board  to  prepare  and  re- 
port to  assembly  ordinance, 
with  reasons,  in  event  of  re- 
monstrance— majority  vote  of 
board  sufficient  in  absence  of 
remonstrance — board  may  pro- 
vide in  improvement  ordinance 
that  work  and  material  be 
guaranteed  and  kept  in  repair 
for  a  term  of  years — special 
taxes  to  be  levied  and  assessed 
'according  to  frontage  and  area, 
apportionment  —  benefit  dis- 
tricts for  special  taxation 
established,  method  —  special 
taxes  for  the  construction  of 
sidewalks  apportioned  by  front 
foot  rule — terms  "reconstruct- 
ing "  and  "repaving " 
construed  —  partial  improve- 
ments by  reconstructing  and 
repaving  permitted — contracts 
for  improvement  of  sidewalks 
considered  distinct  from  those 
of  streets,  etc.  Culverts  and 
partial  grading  of  streets — 
special  taxation  for  improve- 
ment of  alleys — word  "lot"  de- 
fined. 


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PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS STREET    OPENINGS. 


SECTION 

15.  Improvement     ordinance,     requi- 

sites —  may  specify  term  of 
years  for  which  work  shall  be 
maintained — estimate  of  cost 
to  be  endorsed — streets,  etc., 
to  be  established  or  dedicated 
prior  to  improvement. 

16.  Vote    of    assembly    on    Improve- 

ment bills. 

17.  All    ordinances    for    public    work 

to  be  recommended  by  the 
board  of  public  improvements. 

18.  Apportionment     of     cost     of    im- 

provements —  portion  paid  by 
the  city  and  property  owners 
respectively — no  limit  to  spe- 
cial taxation. 

19.  Nuisances    caused     by     public 

works  to  be  abated  by  city — 
damages  by  change  of  grade  to 
be  paid  by  city. 

SEWERS. 

20.  Classification  of  sewer  system — 

"public,"  "district,"  "joint  dis- 
trict" and  "private." 

21.  District     sewers,      establishment 

and  construction  —  districts 
may  be  changed — special  taxa- 
tion for,  authorized — repairs 
and  incidental  expenses  paid 
by  city — reconstruction  of  sew- 
ers permitted  at  expense  of 
property. 

22.  Joint  district  sewers,  how  estab- 

lished —  special  taxation  for, 
authorized  ;  how  levied  and  as- 
sessed. When  territory  out- 
side of  city  limits  is  drained, 
city  to  pay  portion  of  cost 
of  construction — joint  district 
sewers  may  be  constructed  in 
sections. 

23.  Private  sewers — city  to  be  at  no 

expense  for  same — sewers  and 
drains  deemed  private — may  be 
acquired  by  city — special  taxa- 
tion therefor  authorized — con- 
nections with  other  sewers, 
compensation  for,  at  option  of 
city. 

SPECIAL  TAX  BILLS. 
.  \.   special  tax  bills — how  made  out, 
registered  and  delivered — place 
of  payment  to  be  designated. 


SECTION 

25.  Special  tax  bills  to  be  a  lien  on 

property — collected  in  name 
of  contractor — interest — city 
marshal  to  serve  notice — ac- 
tion for  false  return — suit  by 
attachment  against  non-resi- 
dent— certified  tax  bill  prima 
facie  evidence — defenses — city 
not  to  be  liable  on  special  tax 
bills — certain  tax  bills  shall  be 
divided  into  parts  and  may  be 
paid  in  installments  —  interest 
— effect  of  non-payment  of  in- 
terest or  installments  when 
due  —  limitation  of  lien  of 
special  tax  bills  —  entry  of 
satisfaction. 

26.  Special  tax  bills  may  be  assigned 

—  formality  required  —  pay- 
ment. 

CONTRACTS  FOR    PUBLIC  WORK. 

27.  Assembly  forbidden    to    contract 

for  public  work — B.  P.  I.  to 
submit  ordinance  for  proposed 
work — advertisement  for  bids, 
requisites — contract  to  be  let 
to  "lowest  responsible  bid- 
der"—  one  having  failed  to 
carry  out  prior  contract  with 
city  deemed  not  responsible — 
bids  may  be  rejected — certified 
check  to  accompany  all  bids — 
sureties  on  contractor's  bond. 

28.  Improvement  ordinances  to  con- 

tain specific  approbations — 
work  may  be  done  in  parts,  but 
ordinance  to  provide  for  the 
whole  and  appropriations  shall 
be  made  for  each  part — con- 
tract provisions — suspension  of 
work  on  complaint — B.  P.  I. 
to  examine  and  report — costs. 

STREET  SPRINKLING. 

29.  Street    sprinkling    authorized    by 

ordinance  —  special  tax  bills 
therefor  issued  in  favor  of  city 
— contracts  made  annually  by 
B.  P.  I. — sprinkling  districts — 
date  of  special  tax  lien — in- 
terest— cost  of  sprinkling  paid 
out  of  city  treasury  and  city 
reimbursed  by  special  tax  bills. 


^SECTION  l.  Streets  to  Be  Established— Lots,  Etc.,  to 
Conform  to  Established  Streets— Map  or  Plat  of  New 
Blocks,  Lots,  Etc.,  to  Bear  Certificate  of  Responsible 
Surveyor,  Be  Approved  by  B.  P.  I.  and  Refer  to  Established 
Landmark,  Otherwise  Cannot  Be  Recorded— Dedication  to 
Public  Use  of  Streets,  Alleys  and  Public  Places.— The 

*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election  held  on  October  22, 1901. 


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PUBLIC   IMPROVEMENTS STREET  OPENINGS. 

Municipal  Assembly  shall,  by  ordinances  recommended  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Improvements,  establish  from  time  to  time 
such  streets  as  may  be  necessary  to  provide  public  thorough- 
fares for  free  and  convenient  traffic  and  communication  be- 
tween different  parts  of  the  city,  and  after  such  establishment, 
by  ordinance,  and  after  proceedings  for  the  opening  of  such 
streets  have  been  commenced,  owners  of  property  desiring 
to  sub- divide  into  blocks,  lots,  or  sub-lots,  shall  conform  their 
sub-divisions  to  such  established  streets.  In  all  cases  when 
any  lands  within  the  city  are  hereafter  sub-divided  or  laid  out 
in  blocks,  lots,  or  sub-lots,  the  map  or  plat  thereof  shall  bear 
the  certificate  of  a  responsible  surveyor,  to  the  effect  that  the 
streets  thereon  represented  are  correctly  shown  and  located, 
and  they  shall  be  designated  as  streets,  if  they  have  been  or 
are  dedicated  or  opened  according  to  law,  or  as  proposed 
streets  if  such  opening  is  incomplete.  Said  map  or  plat  shall 
be  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  for  its  ap- 
proval. No  such  map -or  plat,  or  deed  or  instrument  contain- 
ing such  map  or  plat  shall  be  recorded  in  the  Recorder's  office 
of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  or  have  any  validity,  until  the  approval 
of  said  board  is  endorsed  thereon,  and  all  such  maps,  plats  or 
deeds  dividing  or  sub-dividing  any  block,  lot  or  sub-lot,  shall 
specifically  state  the  initial  point  of  survey,  which  shall  bear  a 
designated  relation  to  some  known  landmark  or  United  States 
survey,  and  from  which  all  measurements  shall  be  made.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Recorder  of  Deeds  to  enforce  this  section 
before  any  person  shall  be  permitted  to  record  any  such  map, 
plat  or  deed.  The  city  shall  not  be  liable  for  damages  for  the 
taking  of  any  building  or  improvement  erected  or  made  on  a 
proposed  street  or  alley  after  the  map  or  plat  showing  same 
is  recorded.  The  Board  of  Public  Improvements  shall  have 
authority  to  approve  maps  or  plats  of  sub-divisions  which  fully 
dedicate  to  public  use  streets,  alleys  and  public  places  and  which 
are  made  as  hereinbefore  required. 

Limitations  as  to  Heavy  Hauling-  and  Business  Traffic 
—Conditions. — The  board  shall  also  have  authority  to  approve 
dedications  of  streets  containing  a  limitation  that  heavy  haul- 
ing and  business  traffic  shall  be  excluded  therefrom,  in  which 


94  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS STREET    OPENINGS. 

case  the  entire  cost  of  grading,  improving,  maintaining,  re- 
pairing, cleaning  and  sprinkling  of  such  streets  shall  be  borne 
by  and  be  assessable  against  the  property  fronting  or  bordering 
thereon,  and  the  approval  of  said  board  shall  so  recite ;  but  said 
board  shall  require,  in  both  cases  last  above  enumerated,  that 
all  such  streets  and  alleys  be  made  safely  passable  before  the 
map  or  plat  making  such  sub-division  and  dedication  shall  be 
approved,  recorded  or  accepted. 

Private  Places. — No  map  or  plat  embracing  a  private  place 
shall  be  approved  unless  it  conveys  to  the  city  the  right  to 
place,  construct  and  maintain  in  such  private  place,  sewers, 
sewer  inlets,  water  mains,  gas  mains,  underground  conduits 
for  electric  wires,  fire  plugs,  lamp  posts  and  other  conveniences 
for  the  public  service  and  use  of  the  city. 

Boulevards,  Conditions   for  the   Establishment. — The 

Municipal  Assembly  may,  by  ordinance  recommended  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Improvements,  establish  and  open  boulevards, 
or  change  existing  streets  into  boulevards,  and  fix  the  width 
thereof,  and  the  manner  of  laying  out  and  improving  the  same ; 
and  may  regulate  the  traffic  thereon,  and  may  exclude  heavy 
driving  thereon  or  any  kind  of  vehicle  therefrom,  and  may  ex- 
clude and  prohibit  the  erection  or  establishment  or  maintenance 
of  any  business  house,  or  the  carrying  on  of  any  business  voca- 
tion on  the  property  fronting  on  such  boulevard,  and  may 
establish  a  building  line  to  which  all  buildings,  fences,  or  other 
structures  thereon  shall  conform.  And  may  provide  for  grading, 
improving,  constructing,  reconstructing,  maintaining,  cleaning, 
sprinkling,  the  planting  of  trees,  shrubbery  and  other  things 
of  that  description  and  nature  thereon,  and  the  entire  cost  con- 
nected with  all  of  said  work  on  such  boulevards  shall  be  levied, 
assessed  and  collected  as  a  special  tax  on  the  property  fronting 
or  bordering  on  such  boulevard  in  the  proportion  that  the  linear 
feet  of  each  lot  fronting  or  bordering  on  the  boulevard  bears 
to  the  total  number  of  linear  feet  of  all  property  fronting  or 
bordering  on  the  same,  and  the  work  of  maintaining,  repairing, 
cleaning  and  sprinkling  may  be  contracted  for  annually,  or  for 
a  term  of  years  not  exceeding  ten,  by  the  Board  of  Public  Im- 
provements of  the  city  at  such  time,  and  under  such  terms  and 


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PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS — STREET   OPENINGS. 

conditions  as  shall  be  provided  by  ordinance,  to  be  recom- 
mended by  said  board,  and  special  tax  bills  for  all  work  shall 
be  made  out  in  the  name  of  the  contractor  and  delivered  to 
him,  and  his  receipt  taken  for  all  claims  against  the  city  in 
the  same  manner  as  provided  by  this  Charter  for  other  special 
tax  bills,  for  doing  public  work:  provided,  that  the  special  tax 
bills  for  maintaining,  repairing,  cleaning  and  sprinkling  shall 
be  levied  and  assessed  annually.  All  such  special  tax  bills  shall 
be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  liability  of  the  property  charged 
therewith  to  the  extent  and  amount  therein  specified.  The 
Municipal  Assembly  shall  not  grant  any  franchise  for  the  occu- 
pancy or  use  of  such  boulevard  or  any  part  thereof,  except 
with  the  consent,  in  writing,  of  the  owners  of  two-thirds  in 
frontage  of  the  property  fronting  or  bordering  thereon';  pro- 
vided, however,  that  for  the  establishment  and  opening  of  such 
boulevards,  the  procedure  set  out  in  this  article  in  reference 
to  opening  streets  shall  be  pursued,  except  that  the  benefit  dis- 
trict to  be  established  by  the  commissioners  shall  be  limited  to 
the  property  fronting  or  bordering  on  such  boulevard,  and  ex- 
cept that  adequate  compensation  shall  be  allowed  the  owners 
of  property  fronting  or  bordering  thereon,  for  damages  oc- 
casioned by  the  establishment  of  a  building  line  on  such  boule- 
vard, and  by  limiting  the  use  to  which  such  property  may  be 
put  by  the  owners  thereof. 

Discontinuance  of  Boulevards. —The  Municipal  Assembly 
may  at  any  time  repeal  any  ordinance  establishing  or  opening 
a  boulevard,  or  changing  an  existing  street  into  a  boule- 
vard, and  thereupon  such  boulevard  shall  be  and  become  a 
street  in  all  respects  like  other  streets  of  the  city  and  the  prop- 
erty abutting  thereon  shall  be  relieved  from  the  restrictions 
imposed  by  such  ordinance ;  provided,  however,  that  such  an 
ordinance  shall  not  be  repealed  without  the  consent  in  writing 
of  the  owners  of  at  least  two-thirds  in  frontage  of  all  the 
property  fronting  on  such  boulevard,  nor  unless  such  repeal 
shall  be  recommended  by  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  ; 
and,  provided  further,  that  the  procedure  provided  in  this  arti- 
cle for  the  establishing  and  opening  of  boulevards  shall  be 
pursued  for  the  ascertainment  and  payment  of  damages  and 


96  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS STREET    OPENINGS. 

benefits  resulting  from  such  repeal ;  except  that  no  compensa- 
tion shall  be  allowed  or  paid  to  any  person  consenting  to  the 
repeal  of  such  an  ordinance. 

*SEC.  2.  Form  of  Petition— Commissioners  to  Assess 
Damages— Parties  Defendant.— Whenever  the  Assembly  shall 
provide,  by  ordinance,  for  establishing,  opening,  widening  or 
altering  any  street,  avenue,  alley,  wharf,  market  place  or  public 
square,  or  route  for  a  sewer,  water  course  or  water  pipe,  or 
for  other  public  improvements,  on  recommendation  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Improvements,  and  it  becomes  necessary  for 
that  purpose  to  appropriate  private,  property,  the  City  Coun- 
selor, in  the  name  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  shall  apply  to  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  Eighth  Judicial  Circuit,  or  to  any  one  of  the 
judges  in  vacation,  by  petition  setting  forth  the  general  nature 
of  the  improvement  proposed  to  be  made,  the  names  of  the 
owners  of  the  several  lots  or  parcels  of  land,  if  known,  or  if 
unknown,  a  correct  description  of  the  parcels  whose  owners 
are  unknown,  and  praying  the  appointment  of  three  disinter- 
ested commissioners,  freeholders  of  property  in  said  city,  to  as- 
sess the  damages  which  said  owners  may  severally  sustain  by 
reason  of  the  appropriation  and  condemnation  of  such  real 
estate  by  the  city,  for  any  of  the  purposes  aforesaid,  to  which 
petition  the  owners  of  such  lots  or  parcels  of  land  em- 
braced in  the  proposed  improvement  shall  be  made  parties 
defendant  by  name,  if  the  names  are  known,  and  by  descrip- 
tion of  the  land  of  unknown  owners.  If  the  proceedings  seek 
to  affect  the  lands  of  persons  under  guardianship,  the  guardians 
must  be  made  parties  defendant ;  if  the  lands  of  married 
women,  their  husbands  must  be  made  parties  defendant.  If 
the  possessor  of  land  to  be  affected  has  an  estate  less  than  a 
fee,  the  person  having  the  next  vested  estate  in  remainder  or 
reversion  must,  if  known,  be  made  a  party  defendant.  It  shall 
not  be  necessary  to  make  any  persons  parties  defendant  in 
respect  to  their  ownership,  unless  they  are  in  actual  possession 
of  the  premises  to  be  affected,  or  have  a  title  to  the  premises 
appearing  of  record  upon  the  proper  records  of  the  city. 

*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election  held  on  October  22, 1901. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  97 

PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS STREET    OPENINGS. 

SEC.  3.  Notice  to  Defendants— Process  to  Be  Served  by 
City  Marshal— Notice  by  Publication. —Upon  the  filing  of 
the  petition,  a  summons  shall  be  issued,  giving  such  defendants 
at  least  ten  days'  notice  of  the  time  when  said  petition  will  be 
heard,  which  summons  shall  be  served  by  the  Marshal — who 
shall,  for  such  purpose,  be  ex-ofhcio  an  officer  of  the  Circuit 
Court — in  the  name  and  manner  as  writs  of  summons  are,  or 
may  be,  by  law  required  to  be  served.  If  the  name  or  residence 
of  the  owner  be  unknown,  or  if  the  owners,  or  any  of  them, 
do  not  reside  within  the  State,  notice  of  the  time  of  the  hearing 
the  petition,  reciting  the  substance  of  the  petition,  and  the  day 
fixed  for  the  hearing  thereof,  shall  be  given  by  publication  for 
four  weeks,  consecutively,  prior  to  the  time  of  the  hearing  the 
petition,  in  the  newspapers  publishing  the  journal  of  the  As- 
sembly. 

*SEC.  4.  Court  Shall  Appoint  Three  Freeholders  as  Com- 
missioners, to  Assess  Damages;  Qualifications— Major- 
ity May  Act  and  Report. — The  court,  or  a  judge  thereof,  in 
vacation,  on  being  satisfied  that  due  notice  of  the  pending  of 
the  petition  has  been  'given,  shall  appoint  three  disinterested 
commissioners,  freeholders  of  property  in  said  city,  and  resi- 
dents of  the  city  for  five  years  next  preceding  their  appoint- 
ment, to  assess  the  damages  which  the  owners  of  the  land  may 
severally  sustain  by  reason  of  such  appropriation.  Provided, 
however,  that  a  majority  of  said  commissioners  shall  have  full 
power  and  authority  to  act  and  make  a  report. 

*SEC.  5.  Duty  of  Commissioners  as  to  Damages  and 
Benefits— Assessment  of  Benefits  to  Be  a  Lien  Against 
Property— Opening  of  Alleys. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
commissioners  to  ascertain  the  actual  value  of  the  land  and 
premises  proposed  to  be  taken,  without  reference  to  the  pro- 
jected improvement,  and  to  ascertain  the  actual  damages  done 
to  the  property  thereby,  and  for  the  payment  of  such  values 
and  damages  to  assess  against  the  city  the  amount  of  benefit 
to  the  public  generally,  and  the  balance  against  the  owner  or 
owners  of  all  property  which  shall  be  especially  benefited  by 


*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  Charter  amend- 
ment election  held  on  October  22, 1901. 


98  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS STREET    OPENINGS. 

the  proposed  improvement  in  the  opinion  of  the  commissioners, 
to  the  amount  that  each  lot  of  said  owner  shall  be  benefited  by 
the  improvement.  The  sums  to  be  paid  by  the  owners  of  prop- 
erty especially  benefited  by  the  improvement,  as  ascertained  by 
the  commissioners,  shall,  when  the  report  of  the  commissioners 
shall  be  confirmed  by  the  court,  as  hereinafter  provided,  be 
primia  facie  evidence  of  the  liability  of  the  property  charged 
therewith  to  the  extent  and  amount  therein  specified,  and  shall 
be  and  remain  until  paid,  a  lien  from  the  date  of  the  final  judg- 
ment cf  the  Circuit  Court  on  the  property  so  charged,  and  shall 
be  collected  as  provided  by  ordinance,  and  when  collected  shall 
be  paid  into  the  city  treasury  as  a  separate  fund  to  be  used  ex- 
clusively for  the  payment  of  the  damages  awarded  ;  provided', 
however,  that  in  the  opening  of  an  alley  the  benefits  shall  be 
paid  by  the  owners  of  such  lots  in  the  block  in  which  the  alley 
is  "Opened  as  are  afforded  access  by  such  alley. 

SEC.  6.  Commissioners'  Report  to  Be  Under  Oath— Dam- 
ages and  Benefits  to  Be  Separately  Stated.— When  the 

Commissioners  shall  have  viewed  the  property,  and  assessed 
the  value  and  damages  and  benefits,  they  shall  make  their  re- 
turn of  such  assessment,  in  writing  and  under  oath,  to  the  Cir- 
cuit Court,  which  shall  be  filed  by  the  clerk  thereof.  In  mak- 
ing such  report,  the  value  and  damages  allowed  to  each  owner, 
and  the  benefits  assessed  against  each  individual  shall  be  sepa- 
rately stated. 

SEC.  7.  Report  May  Be  Reviewed  on  Exceptions— Court 
May  Order  New  Appraisement,  Etc. — The  report  of  said  Com- 
missioners may  be  reviewed  by  the  Circuit  Court  on  written  ex- 
ceptions filed  by  either  party,  in  the  Clerk's  office,  within  ten 
days  after  the  filing  of  such  report,  and  the  Court  shall  make 
such  order  therein  as  right  and  justice  may  require,  and  may 
order  a  new  appraisement  upon  good  cause  shown ;  but  the 
hearing  of  such  exceptions  shall  be  summary,  and  the  Court 
shall  fix  a  day  therefor  without  delay,  upon  the  filing  of  any 
such  exceptions,  or  within  ten  days  after  the  expiration  of  the 
time  given  said  city  to  report  the  same  to  the  Assembly  as  here- 
inafter provided. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  99 

PUr-LIC    IMPROVEMENTS STREET    OPENINGS. 

*SEC.  8.  Costs  of  Proceeding's— Commissioners  Each  Al- 
lowed $3  a  Day.  — The  cost  of  the  proceedings,  up  to  and  in- 
cluding the  filing  of  the  report  of  the  commissioners,  shall  be 
paid  by  the  city,  and  as  to  any  costs  caused  by  subsequent 
litigation,  the  cost  shall  be  paid  by  the  losing  party.  The  com- 
missioners shall  each  be  allowed  three  dollars  a  day  in  full  com- 
pensation for  their  services. 

*SEC.  9.  Report  of  Commissioners  to  Be  Submitted  to 
Assembly— Report  Stands  Approved  if  No  Action  Taken 
Within  Time  Limited— On  Disapproval  of  Report,  Court 
Shall  Set  Aside  Same  and  Order  New  Assessment— With- 
drawal of  Proceeding's  by  City,  Conditions.— Upon  the  re- 
port of  said  Commissioners  being  filed  in  the  Circuit  Court,  or 
with  the  Clerk  thereof,  the  Court  shall  give  to  the  City  of  St. 
Louis,  upon  application  of  the  City  Counselor,  reasonable  time 
to  report  the  result  of  the  same  to  the  Assembly  for  its  infor- 
mation and  approval,  during  which  time  no  action  will  be  had  in 
or  by  said  Court  upon  said  report ;  and  if  the  Municipal  As- 
sembly fails  to  act  upon  such  report  within  the  time  limited, 
said  report  shall  be  deemed  approved,  but  if  during  said  time 
limited  the  Municipal  Assembly  disapprove  said  report  of  said 
Commissioners,  the.  said  Court  shall  set  aside  said  report  and 
order  a  new  assessment  of  damages  and  benefits,  and  the  City 
of  St.  Louis  shall  have  the  right,  at  any  time  before  the  final 
confirmation  to  said  report,  to  dismiss  and  withdraw  said 
proceedings  on  payment  of  the  costs  thereof.  Should  the  city 
dismiss  or  withdraw  any  proceedings  for  condemnation  after 
the  report  of  the  Commissioners  has  been  filed,  no  action  for 
such  condemnation  shall  be  had  for  a  period  of  ten  years  next 
thereafter,  unless  upon  the  petition  of  the  owners  of  three- 
quarters  of  the  property  fronting  on  the  line  of  the  proposed 
improvements,  or  upon  payment,  by  the  city,  of  the  entire 
value  and  damages,  such  as  aforesaid. 

SEC.  10.  Final  Action  of  Court  to  Be  Reported  to  Comp- 
troller, Who  Shall  Furnish  Copy  to  Assembly — Appropria- 
tion to  Pay  Damages— Failure  to  Appropriate  to  Operate 

as  a  Bar  for  Ten  Years. —  When  the  report  of  the  Commis- 

*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election  held  on  October  22,  1901, 


100  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS STREET    OPENINGS. 

sioncrs  shall  have  been  approved,  or  final  action  taken  thereon 
by  the  Court,  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall  make  a  certi- 
fied copy  of  the  report,  and  the  final  action  of  the  Court  thereon, 
and  deliver  the  same  to  the  City  Comptroller,  who  shall  forth- 
with record  the  same  in  a  book,  to  be  provided  for  that  pur- 
pose. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Comptroller,  as  soon  as  the 
same  is  recorded,  to  furnish  a  copy  thereof  to  the  Assembly, 
and  the  Assembly  shall,  at  its  first  session  thereafter,  make  an 
appropriation  for  the  payment,  out  of  the  city  treasury,  of  all 
damages  assessed  in  favor  of  the  owners  of  property  appro- 
priated, and  the  City  Treasurer  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  paid 
to  the  parties  entitled  thereto,  respectively,  or  into  court  for 
their  use,  as  provided  by  ordinance.  Any  failure  of  the  Assem- 
bly, within  the  time  above  stated,  to  make  such  appropriation, 
shall  operate  as  a  dismissal  of  such  proceedings,  and  no  future 
action  for  such  condemnation  shall  be  commenced  for  a  period 
of  ten  years,  except  as  hereinbefore  provided  in  case  of  a  dis- 
missal by  the  city. 

*SEC.  11.  City  May  Deduct  Benefits  from  Damages,  and 
Shall  Pay  Excess,  or  Deposit  in  Court— Interest  Disal- 
lowed, When— When  Title  of  Property  in  Dispute,  Damages 
Paid  Into  Court— Improvement  May  Proceed.—  In  all  cases 
arising  under  this  article,  the  city  may  deduct  the  benefits  as- 
sessed against  property  owned  by  any  person,  or  his  assigns, 
from  the  damages  allowed  to  such  person,  or  his  assigns,  for 
the  taking  or  damaging  of  any  property  owned  by  him  or  his 
assigns,  and  shall  pay  to  him  or  his  assigns,  or  into  the  court 
for  his  or  their  benefit,  or  recover  from  him  or  them  the  differ- 
ence between  the  damages  and  the  benefits,  as  the  case  may 
be,  and  in  no  case  shall  the  city  be  liable  for  interest  on  any 
award  for  damages  after  the  same  or  the  excess  of  the 
damages  over  the  benefits  shall  have  been  paid  into  court  as 
aforesaid ;  provided,  however,  that  if  the  ownership  of  prop- 
erty condemned  be  in  controversy,  the  amount  of  the  damage 
assessed  for  said  property,  less  the  benefits  deducted  as  afore- 
said, shall  be  paid  into  the  court  for  the  use  of  the  successful 
claimant  of  the  property :  and  provided,  further,  that  after 

*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


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PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS STREET    OPENINGS. 

such  payment  to  such  party  or  parties,  or  into  court  for  their 
benefit,  the  city  may  take  possession  of  the  property  condemned 
and  the  improvement  may  be  proceeded  with. 

SEC.  12.     Condemnation  of  Property  for  Particular  Use. 

—"When  it  becomes  necessary  for  the  city  to  condemn  private 
property  for  other  and  different  public  uses  than  those  already 
specified  in  this  article,  the  Assembly  shall  pass  an  ordinance  to 
that  effect,  which  shall  set  forth  the  purposes  for  which  said 
property  is  required,  and  to  which  it  shall  be  especially  dedi- 
cated. The  value  and  damages  of  said  property  shall  be  ascer- 
tained in  the  same  manner  as  directed  in  this  article  in  the 
case  of  opening  streets,  and  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  the  city 
to  the  owner  or  owners  of  said  property. 

WATER  AND  GAS   PIPE   CONNECTIONS. 

SEC.  13.     Board  of  Public  Improvements  to  Regulate.— 

The  Assembly  shall  provide,  by  ordinance,  that  all  connections 
with  water  or  gas  pipes  shall  be  made  subject  to  such  regula- 
tions as  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  may,  from  time  to 
time,  establish,  and  that  before  any  such  connections  are  made 
a  permit  shall  be  procured  from  said  board. 

CONSTRUCTION  OF  STREETS,  BOULEVARDS  AND  ALLEYS. 

*SEC.  14.  Ordinances  for  Improvement  of  Streets,  Etc., 
to  Originate  with  B.  P.  I.— Board  to  Designate  Day  for 
Public  Meeting  to  Consider  Improvements— Notice,  Con- 
tents and  Time  of  Publication— Remonstrance  Against 
Improvement,  Time  of  Filing,  Etc.,  and  Action  of  Board 
Thereon— Two-thirds  Vote.Will  Overrule— Board  to  Pre- 
pare and  Report  to  Assembly,  Ordinance,  With  Reasons, 
in  Event  of  Remonstrance— MajorityJVote  of |Board  [Suf- 
ficient in  Absence  of  Remonstrance. — No  ordinance  for  the 
construction  or  reconstruction  of  any  street,  avenue,  boulevard, 
alley  or  public  highway  of  the  city,  shall  be  passed  unless 
recommended  by  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  as  here- 
inafter provided.  The  Board  shall  designate  a  day  on  which 

*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  Charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


102  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS STREET   CONSTRUCTION. 

they  will  hold  a  public  meeting  to  consider  the  improve- 
ment of  any  designated  streets,  avenues,  boulevards,  alleys 
or  public  highways  by  grading  or  regrading,  by  constructing 
or  reconstructing,  by  paving  or  repaving  the  roadway,  in- 
cluding cross-walks  and  intersections,  and  shall  give  two 
weeks'  public  notice,  in  the  papers  doing  the  city  printing, 
of  the  time,  place  and  matter  to  be  considered,  stating  in  such 
notice  the  kind  of  material  and  manner  of  construction  pro- 
posed to  be  used  for  the  wearing  surface  of  such  improve- 
ment, naming  more  than  one  kind  of  material  or  manner  of 
construction,  if  the  Board  deems  it  advisable  so  to  do,  and 
also  the  class  of  specification  and  plan  for  such  wrork,  which 
specification  and  plan  shall  be  approved  by  said  Board,  and 
filed  in  its  office.  If  within  fifteen  days  after  such  public  meet- 
ing, the  owners  of  the  major  part  of  the  area  of  the  land  made 
taxable  by  this  article  for  such  improvement,  shall  file  in  the 
office  of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  their  written 
remonstrance  against  the  proposed  improvement,  or  against 
the  material  or  manner  thereof,  the  Board  shall  consider  such 
remonstrance,  and  if  said  Board  shall,  by  a  two-thirds  vote,  at 
a  regular  meeting,  approve  of  the  improvement,  material  or 
manner  remonstrated  against,  they  shall  cause  an  ordinance 
for  the  same  to  be  prepared  and  report  the  same  with  the 
reasons  for  their  action  and  the  remonstrance  to  the  Assembly, 
If  such  majority  fail  to  remonstrate  within  fifteen  days  or 
shall  petition  the  Board  for  the  improvement,  said  Board  may 
by  a  majority  vote  approve  the  same,  and  shall  cause  an  or- 
dinance to  be  prepared  and  reported  to  the  Assembly  therefor. 

Board  May  Provide  That  Work  be  Guaranteed  and  Kept 
in  Repair  for  Term  of  Years. — In  all  cases  the  Board  may  in- 
clude in  such  ordinance  a  provision  that  the  work  and  material 
must  be  guaranteed  and  kept  in  repair  by  the  contractor  doing 
the  work  for  a  term  of  years  to  be  specified  in  such  ordinance. 

Special  Taxes  to  be  Levied  and  Assessed  According1  to 
Frontage  and  Area,  Apportionment. — Special  taxes  for  the 
improvements  of  streets,  avenues  and  public  highways  shall  be 
levied  and  assessed  as  follows :  The  total  cost  of  grading 
and  preparing  the  roadbed  for  the  superstructure,  placing 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  103 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS STREET   CONSTRUCTION. 

foundation,  curbing,  guttering,  roadway  paving  and  cross- 
walks for  the  street  embraced  in  the  improvement,  including 
all  intersections  of  streets  and  alleys,  shall  be  ascertained,  and 
one-fourth  thereof  shall  be  levied  and  assessed  upon  all  the 
property  fronting  upon  or  adjoining  the  improvement,  in  the 
proportion  that  the  frontage  of  each  lot  so  fronting  or  adjoin- 
ing bears  to  the  total  aggregate  of  frontage  of  all  lots  or 
parcels  of  ground  fronting  upon  or  adjoining  the  improve- 
ment, and  the  remaining  three-fourths  of  the  cost  so  ascer- 
tained shall  be  levied  and  assessed  as  a  special  tax  upon  all 
the  property  in  the  district  to  be  defined  and  bounded  as  here- 
inafter provided,  in  the  proportion  that  the  area  of  each  lot 
or  parcel  of  ground  or  the  part  of  such  parcel  of  ground  lying 
within  the  district  bears  to  the  total  area  of  the  district,  exclu- 
sive of  streets  and  alleys. 

Benefit  Districts  for  Special  Taxation  Established, 
Method. — The  districts  herein  referred  to  shall  be  established 
as  follows ;  A  line  shall  be  drawn  midway  between  the  street 
to  be  improved  and  the  next  parallel  or  converging  street  on 
each  side  of  the  street  to  be  improved,  which  line  shall  be  the 
boundary  of  the  district,  except  as  hereinafter  provided, 
namely:  If  the  property  adjoining  the  street  to  be  improved 
is  divided  into  lots,  the  district  line  shall  be  so  drawn  as  to 
include  the  entire  depth  of  all  lots  fronting  on  the  street  to  be 
improved.  If  the  line  drawn  midway  as  above  described 
would  divide  any  lot  lengthwise  or  approximately  length- 
wise, and  the  average  distance  from  the  midway  line  so  drawn 
to  the  nearer  boundary  line  of  the  lot  is  less  than  twenty-five 
feet,  the  district  line  shall  in  such  case  diverge  to  and  follow 
the  said  nearer  boundary  line.  If  there  is  no  parallel  or  con- 
verging street  on  either  side  of  the  street  to  be  improved,  the 
district  lines  shall  be  drawn  three  hundred  feet  from  and 
parallel  to  the  street  to  be  improved ;  but  if  there  be  a  parallel 
or  converging  street  on  one  side  of  the  street  to  be  improved 
to  fix  and  locate  the  district  line,  then  the  district  line  on  the 
other  side  shall  be  drawn  parallel  to  the  street  to  be  improved 
and  at  the  average  distance  of  the  opposite  district  line  so 
fixed  and  located.  Provided  that  if  any  property  in  a  district 


104  CITY. CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS STREET  CONSTRUCTION. 

established  as  herein  provided  is  not  liable  to  special  assess- 
ment, the  city  shall  pay  the  proportion  of  cost  of  the  improve- 
ment which  would  have  been  assessed  against  such  property. 
All  of  the  property  in  the  lots,  blocks  or  tracts  of  land  lying 
between  the  streets  to  be  improved  and  the  district  lines  es- 
tablished as  above  specified,  shall  constitute  the  district  afore- 
said. 

Special  Taxes  for  Construction  of  Sidewalks,  Appor- 
tioned by  Front  Foot  Rule. — The  cost  of  construction  of  all 
sidewalks  shall  be  apportioned  as  follows:  The  grading  of 
all  sidewalks,  and  the  total  cost  of  construction  or  reconstruc- 
tion, paving  or  repaving,  including  the  cost  of  preparing  the 
ground  for  the  superstructure,  placing  foundation  and  the 
wearing  surface  of  all  sidewalks  and  necessary  intersections, 
shall  be  levied  and  assessed  as  a  special  tax  upon  each  lot  or 
parcel  of  ground  abutting  the  sidewalk  so  constructed,  recon- 
structed, paved  or  repaved  in  the  proportion  that  the  front  feet 
of  each  lot  or  parcel  of  ground  so  abutting  such  sidewalk  bears 
to  the  total  linear  feet  of  all  the  property  abutting  the  improve- 
ment, and  shall  be  collected  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Terms  "Reconstruction"  and  "Repaying"  Construed— 
Partial  Improvements  by  Reconstruction  and  Repaying- 
Permitted— Contracts  for  Improvement  of  Sidewalks  Con- 
sidered Distinct  from  Those  of  Streets,  Etc.— Culverts 
and  Partial  Grading  of  Streets.— The  term(s)  "reconstruct- 
ing'' and  ''repaving"  as  herein  employed,  shall  be  construed  to 
give  full  power  and  authority  to  reconstruct  or  repave  by  re- 
moving the  foundation,  curbing,  guttering  and  wearing  sur- 
face of  the  roadway  paving,  or  only  such  portion  of  any  or  all 
thereof  as  the  ordinance  may  prescribe,  and  thereafter  from 
time  to  time,  such  street  may  be  additionally  improved  if  so 
ordered,  by  ordinance,  and  the  cost  of  the  additional  improve- 
ment assessed  as  a  special  tax  in  like  manner  and  to  the  same 
effect  as  the  original  improvement;  and  provided,  further, 
that  the  roadway  of  streets,  avenues,  boulevards  or  public 
highways  may  be  improved  as  herein  provided,  irrespective  of 
sidewalks  and  the  contracts  therefor  shall  be  deemed  separate 
and  independent  of  the  contracts  for  the  improvement  of  side- 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  105 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS STREET  CONSTRUCTION. 

walks.  Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  con- 
strued to  prevent  the  city  from  constructing  culverts  and  par- 
tially grading  streets,  to  make  them  passable  in  advance  of 
their  improvement,  at  the  expense  of  general  revenue,  or  by 
the  labor  of  prisoners  in  the  workhouse. 

Special  Taxation  for  Improvement  of  Alleys.  — The  total 
cost  of  grading,  regrading,  preparing  the  roadway  for  all  the 
superstructure,  placing  foundation  and  roadway  paving  of 
all  alleys,  shall  be  levied  and  assessed  as  a  special  tax  upon 
all  lots  in  the  block  in  which  the  alley  is  located  in  the  propor- 
tion that  the  area  of  each  lot  in  such  block  afforded  access  by 
such  alley  bears  to  the  total  area  of  all  the  lots  in  such  block 
so  afforded  access,  and  shall  be  collected  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. 

"Lot"  Defined.— The  word  "lot"  as  .used  in  this  section, 
shall  be  held  to  mean  the  lots  as  shown  by  recorded  plats  of 
additions  or  sub-divisions  but  if  there  be  no  such  recorded 
plat,  or  if  the  owners  of  property  have  disregarded  the  lines 
of  lots  as  platted,  and  have  treated  two  or  more  lots  or  frac- 
tions thereof  as  one  lot,  then  the  whole  parcel  of  ground,  or 
lots  so  treated  as  one,  shall  be  regarded  as  a  lot  for  the  pur- 
poses hereof. 

*SEC.  15.  Improvement  Ordinance,  Requisites— May 
Specify  Term  of  Years  for  Which  Work  Shall  be  Main- 
tained—Estimate of  Cost  to  be  Endorsed— Street,  Etc., 
to  be  Established  or  Dedicated  Prior  to  Improvement.— 

All  ordinances  recommended  by  said  Board  shall  specify  the 
character  of  the  work  its  extent,  the  material  to  be  used, 
the  manner  and  general  regulations  under  which  it  shall  be 
executed,  the  fund  out  of  which  it  shall  be  paid  for,  and  may 
specify  a  term  of  years  for  which  the  work  shall  be  main- 
tained by  the  contractor,  and  shall  be  endorsed  with  the  esti- 
mate of  the  cost  thereof;  provided,  that  no  improvement  or 
repairs  shall  be  ordered  upon  any  future  street,  alley  or  high- 
way which  shall  not  have  been  opened,  dedicated  or  established 
according  to  the  provisions  of  this  charter  and  law. 

*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


106  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS STREET   CONSTRUCTION. 

SEC.  16.     Vote  of  Assembly  on  Improvement  Bills.— 

Upon  the  recommendation  of  any  ordinance  by  the  Board  of 
Public  Improvements,  the  Assembly  shall  have  the  power, 
when  such  ordinance  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  remonstrance 
as  hereinbefore  provided,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  mem- 
bers elect  of  each  house,  and  in  all  other  cases  by  a  vote  of  a 
majority  of  the  members-elect  of  each  house,  to  pass  such 
ordinance,  and  order  the  making  of  such  improvement. 

*SEC.  17.  All  Ordinances  for  Public  Work  to  be  Recom- 
mended by  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements.— The  Board 
of  Public  Improvements  shall  recommend  to  the  Assembly  all 
ordinances  for  the  establishment  or  change  of  grade  of  streets, 
avenues,  boulevards,  public  highways  and  alleys,  and  also 
for  the  construction  or  reconstruction  of  streets,  avenues,  boul- 
evards and  public  highways,  and  for  the  maintenance,  repair- 
ing, lighting,  cleaning  and  sprinkling  thereof;  for  the  con- 
struction or  reconstruction,  maintenance,  repairing,  lighting 
and  cleaning  of  alleys ;  for  the  construction  or  reconstruction, 
maintenance  and  repairing  of  sidewalks,  for  the  construction 
or  reconstruction  and  the  repairs  of  sewers,  and  all  ordinances 
for  the  doing  of  all  other  public  work  of  every  nature  and 
kind  which  is  required  by  this  Charter,  or  by  ordinance,  to  be 
done  under  the  supervision  of  said  Board,  or  of  any  of  the 
members  thereof. 

*SEC.  18.  Apportionment  of  Cost  of  Improvement- 
Portion  Paid  by  the  City  and  Property  Owners  Respect- 
ively—No Limit  to  Special  Taxation.— The  cost  of  con- 
struction or  reconstruction  of  all  the  foregoing  improvements 
within  the  city  shall  be  apportioned  as  follows :  The  regrading 
of  streets  and  sidewalks  to  conform  to  the  change  of  grade 
thereof,  the  lighting  of  boulevards,  alleys  streets,  avenues  and 
public  highways,  and  the  repairs  of  streets,  avenues  and  public 
highways,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  general  revenue  of  the 
city.  The  grading,  improving,  constructing,  reconstructing, 
maintaining,  repairing,  cleaning  and  sprinkling  of  all  boule- 
vards shall  be  paid  by  special  tax  bill  as  in  this  article  herein- 


*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  107 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS STREET   CONSTRUCTION. 

before  provided ;  the  grading,  regrading,  preparing  the  road- 
way for  the  superstructure,  placing  foundation  and  roadway 
paving  of  all  alleys,  shall  be  paid  by  special  tax  bill  as  herein- 
before in  this  article  provided;  the  construction,  reconstruc- 
tion, paving  or  repaving,  including  the  cost  of  preparing  the 
ground  for  the  superstructure,  placing  foundations,  and  the 
wearing  surface  of  all  sidewalks,  shall  be  paid  by  special  tax 
bills  as  hereinbefore  in  this  article  provided ;  the  grading,  pre- 
paring of  the  roadbed  for  superstructure,  placing  founda- 
tions, curbing,  guttering,  wearing  surface  of  the  roadway 
paving,  cross-walks,  including  all  intersections  of  streets,  ave- 
nues, highways  and  alleys,  shall  be  paid  by  special  tax  bill  in 
the  manner  hereinbefore  in  this  article  provided.  The  repairs 
of  all  alleys  and  sidewalks  shall  be  charged  upon  the  adjoin- 
ing property  as  a  special  tax,  and  shall  be  collected  and  paid 
as  hereinafter  provided. 

NUISANCES CHANGE    OF    GRADE. 

SEC.  19.  Nuisances  Caused  by  Public  Works  to  be 
Abated  by  City— Damages  by  Change  of  Grade  to  be  Paid 
by  City. — Whenever  a  nuisance  is  caused  upon  private  prop- 
erty by  any  work  or  improvement  done  by  and  for  the  city, 
the  same  shall  be  abated  at  the  expense  of  the  city ;  and  when- 
ever a  grade  of  the  street  is  fixed  by  the  city  and  an  improve- 
ment shall  have  been  made  in  conformity  thereto,  if  the  city 
shall  thereafter  alter  such  grade  to  the  damage  of  such  im- 
provement, the  city  shall  indemnify  the  owner  of  the  improve- 
ment for  such  damage. 

SEWERS. 

*SEc.20.  Classification  of  Sewer  System-"  Public,"  "Dis- 
trict," "Joint-District"  and  "Private."— A  sewer  system 
is  hereby  established,  which  shall  be  divided  into  four  classes, 
viz.:  "Public,"  "District,"  "Joint-District,"  and  "Private" 
sewers ;  the  classes  in  any  case  being  determined  by  the  author- 
ity of  its  construction,  and  the  definitions  hereinafter 

*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  Charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


108  CITY  CHARTER— ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS SEWERS. 

specified,  irrespective  of  the  area  drained,  the  size,  character  or 
purpose  of  the  sewer. 

Public  Sewers  are  Defined  to  be  those  heretofore  con- 
structed or  acquired  under  authority  of  an  ordinance,  and 
paid  for  wholly  out  of  the  general  revenue.  Public  sewers 
hereafter  constructed  shall  be  such  sewers  as  the  Board  of 
Public  Improvements  may  deem  it  expedient  to  establish  and 
construct  without  creating  a  sewer  district  or  joint  sewer  dis- 
trict; and  such  sewers  may  be  established  and  constructed  at 
such  times,  to  such  extent,  of  such  dimensions  and  materials 
and  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance 
recommended  by  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  and  shall 
also  consist. of  such  branches  to  sewers  already  constructed  as 
may  be  considered  expedient  by  said  board ;  provided,  however, 
that  no  sewer  shall  be  run  diagonally  through  private  property 
when  it  is  practicable  to  construct  the  same  parallel  with  the 
lines  of  such  property,  nor  shall  any  public  sewer  be  con- 
structed through  private  property  when  it  is  practicable  to 
construct  the  same  along  a  street,  alley  or  public  highway.  An 
appropriation  shall  be  made  to  meet  the  cost  of  each  public 
sewer  from  the  public  revenue.  Public  sewers  may  be  con- 
nected with  any  other  sewer  of  any  class,  or  with  some 
natural  course  of  drainage. 

District  Sewers  are  Defined  to  be  those  constructed  or 
acquired  under  authority  of  ordinances,  within  the  limits  of  an 
established  sewer  district,  and  paid  for  by  special  tax  assessed 
upon  the  property  in  the  district. 

Joint-District  Sewers  are  Defined  to  be  those  constructed 
or  acquired  under  the  authority  of  ordinances  uniting  one  or 
more  districts  or  unorganized  territory,  for  the  purpose  of 
providing  main,  outlet,  or  intercepting  sewers,  for  the  joint 
benefit  of  such  districts  or  territory,  and  paid  for  by  special 
taxes  assessed  upon  all  the  property  in  such  joint  sewer  dis- 
trict. 

Private  Sewers  are  Defined  to  be  those  built  with  or  with- 
out permits,  and  paid  for  by  the  parties,  persons,  associations 
or  corporations  constructing  the  same. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  109 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS SEWERS. 

*SEC.  21.  District  Sewers,  Establishment  and  Con- 
struction of — Districts  May  be  Changed— Special  Taxa- 
tion for,  Authorized— Repairs  and  Other  Incidental  Ex- 
penses Paid  by  City— Reconstruction  of  Sewers  Permitted 
at  Expense  of  Property. — District  sewers  shall  be  established 
and  constructed  or  acquired  within  the  limits  of  districts  to  be 
prescribed  by  ordinance  recommended  by  the  Board  of  Public 
Improvements,  a*nd  may  be  connected  with  a  sewer  of  any 
class,  or  with  some  natural  course  of  drainage.  District  sew- 
ers shall  be  of  such  dimensions  and  material  as  may  be  con- 
sidered necessary  and  expedient  by  the  Board  of  Public  Im- 
provements, and  authorized  by  ordinance.  A  sewer  district 
may  be  sub-divided,  enlarged  or  changed  at  any  time  previous 
to  the  completion  of  the  construction  of  the  sewers  therein. 
The  Municipal  Assembly  shall  cause  sewers  to  be  constructed 
in  any  district  whenever  a  majority  of  the  property  holders, 
resident  therein,  shall  petition  therefor,  or  whenever  the  Board 
of  Public  Improvements  shall  recommend  it  as  necessary  for 
sanitary  or  other  purposes.  Such  sewers  shall  have  all  re- 
quisite laterals,  inlets,  manholes  and  other  appurtenances. 

As  soon  as  a  district  sewer,  with  its  inlets,  manholes,  and 
other  appurtenances  is  fully  completed,  the  Sewer  Commis- 
sioner shall-  cause  to  be  computed  the  total  cost  thereof,  and 
certify  the  same  to  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Public  Im- 
provements, and  the  President  of  said  Board  shall  assess  it  as  a 
special  tax  against  all  the  lots  of  ground  in  the  district  re- 
spectively, without  regard  to  improvements,  and  in  the  propor- 
tion that  their  respective  areas  bear  to  the  area  of  the  whole 
district,  exclusive  of  the  public  highway,  and  shall  cause  to  be 
issued  a  special  tax  bill  against  each  lot  in  the  district,  giving 
the  name  of  the  owner  thereof,  in  favor  of  the  contractor, 
which  shall  be  collected  and  paid  in  the  manner  hereinafter 
prescribed;  provided,  that  the  repairs  and  other  incidental  ex- 
penses of  the  district  sewers  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  general 
revenue.  Should  the  sewers  in  any  sewer  district  or  districts 
become  worn  out,  or  be  found  inadequate  in  depth,  size  or 


*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


110  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS SEWERS. 

other  respect,  so  as  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board  of  Public  Im- 
provements to  require  reconstruction,  the  Municipal  Assembly 
may,  by  ordinance,  establish  sewer  districts  for  such  recon- 
structions, and  proceed  in  all  respects  as  if  the  territory  em- 
braced in  such  district  had  never  been  in  a  sewer  district. 

*SEC.  22.  Joint-District  Sewers,  How  Established- 
Special  Taxation  for,  Authorized,  How  Levied  and  As- 
sessed—When Territory  Outside  City  Limits  is  Drained, 
City  to  Pay  Portion  of  Cost  of  Construction— Joint-Dis- 
trict Sewers  May  be  Constructed  in  Sections.  —Joint  dis- 
trict sewers  may  be  constructed  or  acquired  as  follows :  When- 
ever the  Municipal  Assembly,  on  the  recommendation  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Improvements,  deems  it  necessary  that  a  sewer 
be  constructed  in  any  part  of  the  city,  for  the  drainage  or 
sanitary  improvement  of  a  section  of  the  city  comprising  more 
than  one  established  sewer  district,  or  territory  not  yet  in  an 
established  sewer  district,  it  may,  by  ordinance,  unite  and 
establish  such  sewer  districts,  or  parts  thereof,  and  unor- 
ganized territory,  into  a  joint  sewer  district,  and  cause  a  sewer 
or  sewers  to  be  constructed  therein,  and  the  whole  cost  thereof 
to  be  assessed  against  all  the  property  within  the  boundaries 
of  such  joint  sewer  district  as  a  special  tax ;  but  if  the  joint 
district  sewer  is  to  drain  territory  part  of  which  lies  outside 
of  the  city  limits,  and  can  not  be  included  in  the  joint  sewer 
district,  then  the  Municipal  Assembly  shall  provide  in  the 
ordinance  or  ordinances  authorizing  the  construction  of  the 
joint  district  sewer  or  sewers,  that  a  part  of  the  cost  of  such 
sewer  or  sewers,  in  the  proportion  that  the  area  of  the  unin- 
cluded  territory  bears  to  the  whole  area  drained,  shall  be  paid 
out  of  the  general  revenue,  in  which  case  the  remainder  of  the 
cost  shall  be  assessed  as  hereinafter  provided. 

The  total  cost  of  joint  district  sewers  shall  be  levied  and 
assessed  upon  all  the  property  in  the  joint  sewer  district  as 
follows :  Whenever  the  whole  or  a  section  of  a  joint  district 
sewer  is  fully  completed,  the  Sewer  Commissioner  shall  cause 
the  total  cost  thereof  to  be  computed,  and  shall  certify  the  same 


*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  Ill 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS SEWERS. 

to  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  and 
the  President  of  said  Board  shall  assess  it  as  a  special  tax 
against  all  of  the  lots  or  parcels  of  ground,  in  the  joint  sewer 
district,  in  the  ratio  that  the  area  of  each  lot  or  parcel  of 
ground  bears  to  the  area  of  the  whole  district ,  exclusive  of  the 
area  of  streets,  avenues,  public  highways  and  alleys,  and  the 
President  of  said  Board  shall  cause  to  be  issued  a  special  tax 
bill  against  each  lot  or  parcel  of  ground  in  the  joint  sewer 
district,  giving  the  name  of  the  owner  thereof,  in  favor  of  the 
contractor,  which  shall  be  collected  and  paid  as  provided  in 
this  article.  Provided,  however,  that  if  the  joint  district  sewer 
will  drain  territory  part  of  which  lies  outside  of  the  city  limits, 
the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  pay  from  the  public  revenue  part 
of  the  cost  of  the  joint  district  sewer  in  the  proportion  that 
the  area  of  that  part  of  the  territory  drained  by  the  joint  dis- 
trict sewer  which  lies  outside  of  the  city  limits  bears  to  the 
whole  area  drained;  and  the  remainder  of  the  cost  of  the  joint 
district  sewer  shall  be  paid  for  as  hereinbefore  provided. 
When  the  extent  and  character  of  a  joint  district  sewer  is 
such  as,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements, 
render  its  division  into  sections  advisable,  an  ordinance  or 
ordinances  directing  and  authorizing  the  construction  of  one 
or  more  sections  may  be  passed,  and  when  the  work  in  any 
such  section  is  fully  completed,  special  tax  bills  to  the  amount 
of  the  cost  of  such  section  shall  be  issued  as  herein  provided. 
Joint  district  sewers  shall  be  constructed  of  such  material  and 
of  such  dimensions  as  may  be  considered  necessary  and  expe- 
dient by  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  and  authorized 
by  ordinance,  and  they  may  be  connected  with  other  sewers  of 
any  class  or  with  some  natural  course  of  drainage. 

*SEC.  23.  Private  Sewers — City  to  be  at  No  Expense 
for  Same — Sewers  and  Drains  Deemed  Private — May  be 
Acquired  by  City— Special  Taxation  Therefor  Authorized 
—Connections  with  Other  Sewers,  Compensation  for,  at 
Option  of  City. — Private  sewers  connecting  with  the  public, 
joint  district  and  district  sewers,  or  with  natural  water  courses, 


*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


112  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS SEWERS. 

may  be  constructed  under  such  restrictions  and  regulations  as 
the  Municipal  Assembly  may  prescribe  by  general  or  special 
ordinance,  recommended  by  the  Board  of  Public  Improve- 
ments; but  the  city  shall  be  at  no  expense  in  the  construction, 
repairing  or  cleaning  of  the  same.  All  sewers  or  covered 
drains,  draining  or  capable  of  draining  more  than  one, lot,  built 
by  private  persons,  corporations  or  associations,  either  within 
the  boundaries  of  the  lands  owned  or  held  by  such  parties 
previous  to  the  subdivision  of  such  lands,  with  or  without  a 
permit  from  the  city,  or  in  the  streets,  alleys,  avenues  or  public 
places,  under  permits  granted  by  the  city,  shall  be  considered 
private  sewers.  Whenever  a  private  sewer,  or  any  part  thereof, 
is  so  located  and  constructed  as  to  fit  it  to  be  a  part  of  a  joint 
district  or  district  sewer,  the  city  shall  have  the  right  to  acquire 
such  private  sewer  by  gift,  condemnation  or  purchase,  but 
such  acquirement  shall  be  by  ordinance  recommended  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Improvements.  The  city  shall  pay  the  cost 
of  acquiring  the  same,  and  shall  reimburse  itself  in  the  follow- 
ing manner :  The  total  cost  of  such  condemnation  or  purchase 
shall  be  assessed  as  a  special  tax  against  the  property  in  such 
district  or  joint  district  sewer  district,  as  the  case  may  be,  in 
favor  of  the  city,  in  the  manner  herein  provided  for  the  con- 
struction of  such  sewers.  Public,  joint  district  and  district 
sewers  may  be  connected  with  private  sewers  without  com- 
pensation to  the  owners  or  builders  thereof,  at  the  option  of 
the  city. 

SPECIAL  TAX  BILLS. 

*SEC.  24.     Special  Tax  Bills,  How  Made  Out,  Registered 
and  Delivered— Place  of  Payment  to  be  Designated.— All 

special  tax  bills  for  work  contemplated  by  this  Charter  shall 
be  made  out  by  the  President  of  said  Board,  and  by  him  regis- 
tered in  his  office  in  full,  and  certified  and  delivered  to  the 
Comptroller,  and  his  receipt  taken  therefor,  and  by  him  regis- 
tered and  countersigned  and  delivered  to  the  parties  in  whose 
favor  they  are  issued  for  collection,  and  their  receipts  taken  in 
full  of  all  claims  against  the  city  on  account  of  said  work.  In 

*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  113 

PUBLIC   IMPROVEMENTS SPECIAL   TAX    BILLS. 

every  such  tax  bill  there  shall  be  designated  either  the  City 
Treasurer,  or,  at  the  option  of  the  person  or  persons  entitled 
to  such  tax  bill,  the  name  of  some  bank  or  trust  company 
located  and  doing  business  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis  to  whom 
payment  of  such  bill  may  be  made ;  and  in  case  the  City  Treas- 
urer is  so  designated,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  receive  and 
receipt  for  such  payment  if  tendered. 

*SEC.  25.  Special  Tax  Bills  to  be  a  Lien  on  Property- 
Collected  in  Name  of  Contractor— Interest— City  Mar- 
shal to  Serve  Notice— Action  for  False  Return— Suit  by 
Attachment  Against  Non- Resident. — Said  tax  bill  shall  be 
and  become  a  lien  on  the  property  charged  therewith,  and  may 
be  collected  of  the  owner  of  the  land,  in  the  name  of  and  by 
the  contractor,  as  any  other  claim  in  any  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction,  with  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per  annum 
after  thirty  days  from  notice  of  its  issuance,  as  hereinafter 
provided,  and  if  not  paid  within  six  months  after  such  notice, 
then  at  the  rate  of  eight  per  cent  per  annum  from  the  date  of 
said  notice ;  provided,  however,  that  special  tax  bills  payable 
in  installments  shall  bear  interest  as  hereinafter  provided.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Marshal,  at  the  request  of  the 
holder  or  owner  of  any  tax  bill  issued  under  this  Charter,  to 
serve  upon  the  party  or  parties  named  in  such  tax  bill,  a  notice 
of  the  issuance  thereof,  which  service  shall  be  made  in  the 
manner  provided  by  law  for  the  service  of  writs  of  summons 
in  civil  cases.  The  return  of  the  City -Marshal  as  to  service 
shall  be  conclusive  of  the  facts  therein  stated,  and  any  person 
who  may  be  injured  by  a  false  return  shall  have  his  right  of 
action  for  damages  resulting  therefrom  against  the  Marshal 
on  his  official  bond.  For  the  service  of  each  such  notice  the 
Marshal  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  fee  as  may  be  allowed 
by  law  for  the  service  of  a  writ  of  summons.  Whenever  the 
Marshal  shall  make  a  return  of  "not  found"  against  any  party, 
the  institution  of  suit  thereafter  shall  be  deemed  and  taken 
to  be  the  equivalent  of  such  notice  of  and  demand  of  payment. 
In  case  the  owner  of  the  ground  is  a  non-resident  of  the  State, 


*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


114  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC   IMPROVEMENTS SPECIAL   TAX    BILLS. 

suit  may  be  brought  by  attachment,  which  shall  be  equivalent 
to  notice,  and  a  demand  for  payment. 

Certified  Tax  Bills  Prima  Facie  Evidence — Defenses.— 

Such  certified  bill  shall  in  all  cases  be  prima  facie  evidence 
that  the  work  and  material  charged  in  such  bill  shall  have  been 
furnished,  and  of  the  execution  of  the  work,  and  of  the  cor- 
rectness of  the  rates  or  prices,  amount  thereof,  and  of  the 
liability  of  the  person  therein  named  as  the  owner  of  the  land, 
charged  with  such  bill,  to  pay  the  same ;  provided,  that  nothing 
in  this  section  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  party 
charged  with  the  payment  of  said  bill  from  pleading  in  reduc- 
tion of  the  amount  of  same,  that  the  work  therein  mentioned 
was  not  done  in  a  good  and  workmanlike  manner;  and  pro- 
vided that  the  party  charged  shall  set  up,  by  way  of  defense, 
that  the  work  was  not  done  in  a  workmanlike  manner,  accord- 
ing to  the  class  of  work  mentioned  in  the  contract,  and  that 
such  party,  before  the  commencement  of  the  suit,  tendered  to 
the  contractor  the  full  value  of  such  work  done,  and  shall 
establish  the  same  on  the  trial,  the  recovery  shall  only  be  for 
the  amount  so  tendered,  and  judgment  for  costs  shall  be  ren- 
dered against  the  plaintiff. 

City  Not  Liable  on  Special  Tax  Bills. — The  city  shall  not 
be  liable,  in  any  manner  whatever,  for  or  on  account  of  any 
work  done  which  is  to  be  paid  for  in  the  manner  provided  in 
this  section. 

Certain  Tax  Bills  Shall  be  Divided  into  Parts  and  May 
be  Paid  in  Installments— Interest— Effect  of  Non-Pay- 
ment of  Interest  or  Installment  when  Due. — Provided, 
however,  that  every  special  tax  bill  authorized  by  this  Charter 
to  be  levied  or  assessed  for  the  construction  or  reconstruction 
of  streets,  avenues,  highways,  boulevards  or  district  or  joint 
district  sewers,  shall  be  divided  into  not  less  than  three,  nor 
more  than  seven,  equal  parts,  as  may  be  provided  by  the  ordi- 
nance authorizing  such  improvement,  payable  and  collectable 
in  installments  as  follows :  The  first  installment  shall  become 
due  and  payable  thirty  days  after  notice  of  the  issuance  thereof, 
without  interest;  the  second  installment  shall  become  due  and 
payable  one  year  after  such  notice;  the  third  installment,  two 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  115 

PUBLIC   IMPROVEMENTS SPECIAL   TAX   BILLS. 

years  ;  the  fourth  installment,  three  years  ;  the  fifth  installment, 
four  years ;  the  sixth  installment,  five  years ;  and  the  seventh 
installment,  six  years,  after  such  notice;  provided,  however, 
that  the  owner,  or  any  person  having  an  interest  in  the  property 
charged  with  a  tax  bill  may  pay  the  same  in  full  at  any  time 
within  thirty  days  after  notice  as  aforesaid,  without  interest, 
and  such  owner  or  person  having  an  interest  may  pay  such 
tax  bills  in  full  at  any  time  by  paying  interest  thereon  as  fol- 
lows :  If  paid  at  or  before  maturity  and  more  than  thirty  days 
after  notice,  as  aforesaid,  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per  an- 
num from  date  of  notice  to  date  of  payment;  if  paid  after 
maturity,  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per  annum  from  date  of 
notice  to  date  of  maturity,  and  at  the  rate  of  eight  per  cent  per 
annum  from  date  of  maturity  to  date  of  payment ;  All  interest 
shall  be  payable  annually  from  date  of  notice  of  the  issuance 
of  tax  bills.  If  any  installment  of  any  such  special  tax  bills, 
or  any  interest  on  any  installment,  be  not  paid  when  due,  then, 
at  the  option  of  the  holder  thereof,  all  remaining  installments 
shall  become  due  and  collectable,  together  with  interest  thereon 
as  aforesaid.  Suits  may  be  brought  to  enforce  the  payment 
of  such  special  tax  bills,  or  any  installment  or  installments 
thereof,  with  any  interest  due  on  any  installment,  in  the  man- 
ner herein  provided  for  the  bringing  of  such  suits  on  other 
special  tax  bills. 

Limitation  of  Lien  of  Special  Tax  Bills— Entry  of  Sat- 
isfaction. — Whenever  any  special  tax  bill  issued  heretofore, 
or  hereafter  to  be  issued,  to  a  contractor  or  contractors,  shall 
be  paid,  it  shall  be  entered  satisfied  on  the  register  in  the  Comp- 
troller's office;  and  the  lien  of  any  bill  so  issued  that  is  not 
entered  satisfied  within  two  years  after  its  maturity,  unless 
proceedings  in  law  shall  have  been  commenced  to  collect  the 
same  within  that  time,  and  shall  still  be  pending,  shall  be  de- 
stroyed and  of  no  effect  against  the  land  charged  therewith ; 
provided,  however,  that  where  bills  are  not  paid  in  installments, 
the  lien  thereof  shall  terminate  within  two  years  after  their 
date,  unless  such  proceedings  shall  have  been  commenced 
within  that  time  and  be  still  pending. 


116  CITY  CHARTER— ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC   IMPROVEMENTS SPECIAL   TAX    BILLS. 

*SEC.  26.  Special  Tax  Bills  May  be  Assigned— Formal- 
ity Required— Payment. — Such  special  tax  bills  and  lien 
thereof  shall  be  assignable.  Each  and  every  transfer  of  special 
tax  bills  shall  be  registered  in  the  office  of  the  Comptroller,  and 
no  transfer  thereof  shall  be  valid  or  effectual  until  it  is  so 
registered.  Every  transfer  shall  be  in  writing,  and  witnessed 
by  the  Comptroller  personally,  or  by  one  of  his  deputies,  duly 
acknowledged  before  a  notary  public,  or  other  officer  author- 
ized to  take  acknowledgments,  and  in  each  transfer  there  shall 
be  designated  the  City  Treasurer  or  the  name  of  some  bank 
or  trust  company  located  and  doing  business  in  the  City  of  St. 
Louis,  to  whom  payment  of  the  said  tax  bill,  or  of  any  of  the 
installments  thereof,  or  of  any  interest  on  any  installment 
thereof,  may  be  made  at  or  after  maturity;  and  payment 
made  to  the  City  Treasurer,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  re- 
ceive and  receipt  for  the  same,  if  tendered,  or  to  the  desig- 
nated bank  or  trust  company  shall  be  sufficient  to  procure  the 
partial  or  total  entry  of  satisfaction  of  such  tax  bill,  as  the  case 
may  be,  in  the  office  of  the  Comptroller  on  presentation  to  the 
Comptroller  of  the  tax  bill  duly  receipted,  or  on  presentation 
of  a  receipt  of  the  City  Treasurer  or  of  such  designated  bank 
or  trust  company  showing  such  payment.  All  payments  made 
to  the  City  Treasurer  shall  be  by  him  paid  over  to  the  party 
or  parties  entitled  hereto  upon  the  warrant  of  the  Auditor. 

CONTRACTS  FOR  PUBLIC  WORK. 

*SEC.  27.  Assembly  Forbidden  to  Contract  for  Public 
Work — B.  P.  I.  to  Submit  Ordinance  for  Proposed  Work- 
Advertising1  for  Bids,  Requisites— Contract  to  be  Let  to 
"Lowest  Responsible  Bidder" — OneHaving5  Failed  to  Carry 
Out  Prior  Contract  with  City  Deemed  Not  Responsible- 
Bids  May  be  Rejected— Sureties  on  Contractor's  Bond.— 
The  Assembly  shall  have  no  power  directly  to  contract  for  any 
public  work  or  improvement,  or  repairs  thereof,  contemplated 
by  this  Charter,  nor  to  fix  the  price  or  rate  therefor ;  but  in  all 
cases,  except  in  case  of  emergency  work  or  necessary  repairs 

*This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  117 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACTS. 

requiring  prompt  attention,  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements 
shall  prepare  and  submit  to  the  Assemby  an  ordinance,  with 
an  estimate  of  the  cost  endorsed  thereon  by  the  President  of 
the  Board,  authorizing  the  doing  of  any  proposed  work,  and, 
under  the  direction  of  the  ordinance  authorizing  the  same, 
shall  advertise  for  bids,  in  the  papers  doing  the  city  printing, 
three  times,  the  last  publication  to  be  at  least  ten  days  before 
the  day  appointed  for  the  opening  of  the  bids,  stating  the 
general  nature  of  the  work  to  be  done  and  the  time  and  place 
when  the  bids  will  be  received,  and  shall  let  out  said  work  by 
contract  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder.  Any  other  mode  of 
letting  cut  or  contracting  for  work  shall  be  held  as  illegal  and 
void.  But  when  so  provided  in  the  ordinance  authorizing  or 
directing  the  work  to  be  done,  the  advertising  may  be  for  a 
different  period,  and  in  other  papers  than  those  provided 
above.  No  security  on  any  bond  shall  be  taken  unless  he  shall 
pay  taxes  on  property  equal  in  an  amount  to  his  liability  on 
all  bonds  on  which  he  may  be  security  to  the  city.  And  no 
contract  shall  be  made  under  this  section  without  bond  for  its 
faithful  performance,  with  at  least  two  sufficient  securities. 
No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  be  deemed  such  a  respon- 
sible bidder  who  has  failed  or  refused  to  fully  carry  out  any 
prior  contract  let  to  him  or  them  for  doing  any  work  contem- 
plated by  this  Charter ;  provided,  however,  that  the  said  Board 
of  Public  Improvements  shall  have  full  power  and  authority 
to  reject  all  bids  so  advertised  for  and  submitted,  whenever,  in 
its  judgment,  the  interests  of  the  city  may  require,  and  in  such 
event  shall,  in  like  manner,  readvertise  for  bids  for  such  work. 

Certified  Checks  to  Accompany  all  Bids. — All  bids  for 
the  doing  of  public  work  shall  be  accompanied  with  a  certified 
check  on  some  bank  or  trust  company  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis, 
payable  to  the  order  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis, 
for  the  amount  of  the  deposit  required,  enclosed  in  the  sealed 
envelope  enclosing  the  bid. 

*SEC.  28.  Improvement  Ordinances  to  Contain  Specific 
Appropriations — Work  May  be  Done  in  Parts,  but  Appro- 
priation Shall  be  Made  for  Each  Part.— Every  ordinance 

*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22, 1901. 


118  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI. 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACTS. 

requiring  work  to  be  done  shall  contain  a  specific  appropriation 
from  the  proper  revenue  and  fund  for  such  part  thereof,  as 
may  be  payable,  by  the  city  based  upon  an  estimate  of  cost,  to 
be  endorsed  by  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Public  Improve- 
ments on  said  ordinance,  for  the  whole  of  the  cost  of  the  pro- 
posed work.  Provided,  however,  that  when  the  work  contem- 
plated by  such  ordinance  is  of  such  magnitude  that  the  total 
cost  thereof  would  exceed  the  amount  of  money  then  in  the 
city  treasury,  and  available  for  such  purpose,  the  ordinance 
may  provide  for  the  whole  work,  which  shall  prescribe  that  it 
shall  be  contracted  for  and  done  in  sections  or  parts  as  the 
Assembly  shall,  from  time  to  time,  appropriate  the  money  to 
pay  for  the  same.  But  in  all  such  cases  the  work  to  be  done 
in  sections. or  parts  shall  be  limited  to  the  amount  appropriated 
for  the  doing  of  such  sections  or  parts,  and  in  this  manner 
ultimately  to  complete  the  work  specified. 

Contract  Provisions— Suspension  of  Work  on  Complaint 
— B.  P.  I.  to  Examine  and  Report— Cost. —Every  contract 
shall  contain  a  clause  to  the  effect  that  it  is  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Charter,  that  the  aggregate  payments  thereon 
shall  be  limited  by  the  amount  of  such  specified  appropriation, 
and  that,  on  ten  days'  notice,  the  work  under  said  contract 
may,  without  cost  to  or  claim  against  the  city,  be  suspended  by 
said  Board  with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  for  want  of  means, 
or  other  substantial  cause;  provided,  that  on  the  complaint  of 
any  citizen  and  taxpayer,  that  any  public  work  is  being  done 
contrary  to  contract,  or  the  work  or  material  used  is  imperfect 
or  different  from  what  was  stipulated  to  be  furnished  or  done, 
the  said  Board  shall  examine  into  the  complaint  and  may  ap- 
point two  or  more  members  of  said  Board  to  examine  and  re- 
port on  said  work,  and  after  such  examination,  or  after  con- 
sidering the  report  of  said  commissioners,  they  shall  make 
such  order  in  the  premises  as  shall  be  just  and  reasonable,  and 
what  the  public  interest  seems  to  demand,  and  such  decision 
shall  be  binding  on  all  parties ;  the  cost  of  such  examination 
shall  be  borne  by  the  contractor,  if  such  complaint  is  decided 
to  be  well  founded,  and  by  the  complainant,  if  found  to  be 
groundless. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VI.  119 

PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS STREET   SPRINKLING. 

*SEC.  29.  Street  Sprinkling1  Authorized  by  Ordinance 
—Special  Tax  Bills  Therefor  Issued  in  Favor  of  City- 
Contracts  Made  Annually  by  B.  P.  I. — Sprinkling*  Districts 
—Date  of  Special  Tax  Lien — Interest — Cost  of  Sprinkling* 
Paid  Out  of  City  Treasury— City  Reimbursed  by  Special  Tax 
Bills.  — The  Mayor  and  Assembly  shall  have  power  within  the 
city  by  ordinance  to  cause  the  streets  and  public  places  of  the 
city,  or  any  part  thereof,  to  be  sprinkled,  and  the  cost  thereof 
to  be  provided  for  and  defrayed  by  a  special  tax  to  be  assessed 
in  favor  of  the  city  on  the  adjoining  property  fronting  or  bor- 
dering on  the  streets  or  public  places  where  such  sprinkling  is 
proposed  to  be  done,  in  the  proportion  that  the  linear  feet  of 
each  lot  fronting  or  bordering  on  the  street  or  public  place  so 
to  be  sprinkled  bears  to  the  total  number  of  linear  feet  of  all 
property  chargeable  with  the  special  tax  aforesaid  in  the  terri- 
tory embraced  by  the  contract  under  which  said  sprinkling  is 
to  be  done.  The  above  work  shall  be  contracted  for  annually 
by  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements  at  such  time  and  under 
such  terms  and  conditions  as  shall  be  provided  by  ordinance, 
and  the  city  shall  be  divided  into  at  least  forty  sprinkling  dis- 
tricts for  the  above  purpose,  and  each  district  shall  be  let  separ- 
ately. The  special  tax  bills  spoken  of  shall  be  and  become  a 
lien  on  the  property  charged  therewith  from  the  first.  Monday 
in  April  in  each  year,  and  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the 
liability  of  the  property  charged  therewith  to  the  extent  and 
amount  therein  specified,  and  may  be  collected  of  the  owner  of 
the  land  in  the  name  of  and  by  the  City  of  St.  Louis  as  any 
other  claim  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  with  in- 
terest at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per  annum  from  the  first  day 
of  May  in  each  year,  and  if  not  paid  by  the  first  day  of  June 
in  each  year,  then  at  the  rate  of  eight  per  centum  per  annum 
from  the  first  day  of  April  in  each  year,  and  they  shall  be 
issued  and  collected  in  the  manner  hereafter  provided  by 
ordinance.  The  cost  of  the  sprinkling  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
city  treasury  to  the  contractors,  and  the  City  Treasurer  shall 
be  reimbursed  for  such  expenditures  by  the  proceeds  of  the 
special  tax  bills  aforesaid. 

*  This  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  October  22,  1901. 


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CITY  CHARTER— ARTICLE  VII. 


ARTICLE  VII. 


WATER-WORKS. 


SECTION 

1.  Water    commissioner ;    his    term, 

bond,  etc. 

2.  Water    commissioner    to    assume 

charge  of  the  department,  etc. 

3.  Contracts    for    work    to    be    sub- 

mitted   to    council. 

4.  City  to  be  liable  for  real  estate 

taken   for   water-works,   etc. 

5.  Laying  of  water  pipe. 

!6.  Owners  of  buildings  may  be 
compelled  to  take  out  water 
license  as  a  sanitary  measure, 
etc. 

7.  Assessor   and  collector   of  water 

rates — clerks,   duties,  etc. 

8.  His  salary  and  bond. 


I     SECTION 

9.  Collections  to  be  deposited  in 
treasury  daily — monthly  state- 
ment to  comptroller. 

10.  Issue   of   water    licenses,   etc. 

11.  Assembly    may     regulate     water 

rates — revenue  from  water- 
works, how  applied. 

12.  Water  rates  to  be  fixed  so  as  to 

pay  current  expenses  of  works 
and  interest  on  water-bonds — 
exceptional  discriminations 

forbidden. 

13.  Sale  or  lease  of  water-works  for- 

bidden— fund  to  renew  and  ex- 
tend water-works,  and  to  pay 
interest  and  principal  of  water 
bonds. 


SECTION  i.  Water  Commissioner— His  Term,  Bond,  Etc. 

• — The  water  works,  except  the  assessment  of  water  rates  and 
the  collection  of  the  revenue  therefrom,  shall  be  under  the  con- 
trol and  management  of  a  commissioner,  to  be  known  as 
"Water  Commissioner,"  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor, 
and  confirmed  by  the  Council,  and  shall  be  a  duly  qualified 
engineer,  hold  office  for  four  years,  and  give  such  bond  as  may 
be  required  by  ordinance.  He  shall  appoint  such  subordinates 
as  may  be  necessary  for  the  management  and  efficient  opera- 
tion of  said  water  works  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.  Water  Commissioner  to  Assume  Charge  of  the 
Department,  Etc. — Upon  the  appointment  of  the  Water  Com- 
missioner under  this  Charter,  he  shall  take  charge  of  the  water 
works,  and  all  the  appurtenances  thereto,  and  shall  assume 
supervisory  control  over  the  operation  of  the  same,  and  enforce 
the  performance  of  all  existing  and  future  contracts  and  work ; 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners, 
and  all  other  persons  having  charge  of  the  water  works,  or 
connected  therewith,  upon  demand  of  said  Commissioner,  to 
turn  over  all  books,  records,  property  and  assets  belonging  to 
said  water  works  to  said  Commissioner,  and  thereupon  the 
official  terms  of  said  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  and  their 
appointees  shall  cease  and  determine. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VII.  121 

WATER  WORKS. 

SEC.  3.  Contracts  for  Work  to  be  Submitted  to  Coun- 
cil. — The  doing  of  all  work,  and  the  furnishing  of  all  materials 
and  supplies  for  the  water  works,  shall  be  let  out  by  the  Com- 
missioner in  the  same  manner  as  other  public  work,  except  in 
cases  where  it  is  not  practical  to  do  such  work  or  furnish  such 
materials  by  contract;  and  all  contracts  shall  be  submitted  to 
the  Council  for  approval. 

SEC.  4.  City  to  be  Liable  for  Real  Estate  Taken  for 
Water  Works,  Etc. — The  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  be  liable  for 
all  damages  that  may  be  sustained  by  any  person  in  his  or  her 
property,  by  the  taking  of  any  real  estate,  for  the  purposes  nec- 
essary for  the  efficient  operation  of  its  water  works,  and  if  the 
amount  of  compensation  to  be  paid  to  any  such  owner  or 
owners  can  not  be  amicably  agreed  upon  between  the  city  and 
such  owner  or  owners,  then  application  may  be  made  by  the 
City  Counselor,  on  behalf  of  the  city,  to  the  Circuit  Court  of 
the  Eighth  Judicial  Circuit,  for  assessment  of  such  damages, 
in  the  same  manner  as  is  prescribed  in  this  Charter  in  the  mat- 
ter of  street  openings. 

SEC.  5.  Laying1  of  Water  Pipe.— Whenever  a  majority  in 
interest  of  the  property-holders  on  any  street,  avenue,  lane  or 
alley,  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  shall  hereafter  petition  for  water 
pipe  to  be  laid  along  such  street,  avenue,  lane  or  alley,  and  the 
laying  of  the  same  is  authorized  by  ordinance,  or  whenever 
the  Assembly  shall,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members 
elected  to  each  branch,  declare  the  laying  of  water-pipe  on  any 
street,  avenue  lane  or  alley,  to  be  necessary,  the  Water  Com- 
missioner shall  cause  the  same  to  be  laid ;  and  the  cost  of  lay- 
ing all  such  pipe  shall  be  paid  as  provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  6.  Owners  of  Building's  May  be  Compelled  to  Take 
Out  Water  License  as  a  Sanitary  Measure,  Etc.— The  Water 
Commissioner  may  require  owners  or  lessees,  or  their  agents, 
of  houses,  stores  and  other  buildings  in  the  city,  or  in  such 
part  thereof  as  he  is  ready  to  supply,  to  take  out  license  for  the 
use  of  water  for  such  house,  store  or  building,  according  to  the 
rates  and  assessment  as  fixed  by  ordinances  of  the  city  for  the 
use  of  water,  whenever  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  City  of  St. 
Louis  shill,  bv  order  duly  made,  declare  that  the  use  of  water 


122  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VII. 

WATER   WORKS. 

from  the  water  works  of  the  city  in  any  such  house,  store  or 
building,  is  demanded  as  a  sanitary  measure  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  health  of  the  inmates  or  inhabitants  of  such  house, 
store  or  building;  and  the  said  rate  and  assessment  shall  be 
paid  by  all  such  proprietors,  owners  or  lessees,  or  their  agents, 
as  well  by  those  who  consent  as  by  those  who  refuse  to  place  in 
their  houses,  stores  and  buildings  the  water  pipe  to  convey  the 
same,  and  shall  be  payable  whenever  the  Assessor  of  Water 
Rates  shall  have  notified  the  proprietor,  owner,  lessee,  or  his 
or  her  agent,  of  the  readiness  of  said  Water  Commissioner  to 
supply  such  house,  store  or  building  with  water  as  aforesaid. 
The  parties  who  fail  or  neglect  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  penalties  as  may  be  provided 
by  ordinance. 

SEC.  7.  Assessor  and  Collector  of  Water  Rates- 
Clerks,  Duties,  Etc. — The  assessment  and  collection  of  water 
rates  shall  be  under  the  control  and  supervision  of  an  Assessor 
and  Collector  of  Water  Rates,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Mayor,  and  confirmed  by  the  Council.  He  shall  have  authority 
to  appoint  such  clerks  and  assistants  as  may  be  authorized  by 
ordinance.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Assessor  and  Collector 
to  collect  all  revenue  due,  or  to  become  due,  to  the  City  of  St. 
Louis  for  water,  or  accruing  to  the  City  of  St.  Louis  on  account 
of  the  water  works  thereof,  in  virtue  of  any  ordinance  now 
existing  or  hereafter  to  be  passed. 

SEC.  8.  His  Salary  and  Bond. — The  Assessor  and  Col- 
lector of  Water  Rates  shall  receive  a  salary  to  be  fixed  by  ordi- 
nance, not  exceeding  three  thousand  dollars  a  year,  and  shall 
give  a  bond  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  with  not  less 
than  four  good  sureties,  owners  of  unincumbered  real  estate, 
within  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  of  the  assessed  value  of  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  con- 
ditioned that  he  will  faithfully  and  punctually  collect  and  pay 
to  the  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  all  moneys  due  and 
collectable  for  and  on  account  of  the  water  works,  and  that 
he  will  faithfully  perform  all  the  duties  of  his  office  according 
to  law. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VII.  123 

WATER  WORKS. 

SEC.  9.  Collections  to  be  Deposited  in  Treasury  Daily 
—Monthly  Statement  to  Comptroller. — At  the  close  of 
each  day,  the  Assessor  and  Collector  of  Water  Rates  shall  de- 
posit in  the  city  treasury  the  revenue  collected  during  the  day, 
taking  triplicate  receipts  for  the  same,  one  of  which  shall  be 
deposited  with  the  Comptroller,  and  one  with  the  Auditor. 
Every  failure  in  this  respect  shall  be  reported  to  the  Mayor, 
upon  which  the  Mayor  may  suspend  or  remove  said  Collector. 
He  shall  monthly  furnish  the  Comptroller  with  a  full  and  com- 
plete statement  of  all  collections  made  by  him,  also  the  number 
of  blank  licenses  not  used. 

SEC.  10.  Issue  of  Water  License,  Etc.— The  Comptroller 
shall  countersign  all  blanks  received  from  the  Register  for 
water  license,  and  shall  issue  the  same  to  the  Collector  and 
Assessor  of  Water  Rates,  taking  his  duplicate  receipts  therefor, 
one  of  which  he  shall  file  with  the  Auditor.  The  Comptroller 
is  further  instructed  to  examine  the  monthly  statement  of  the 
said  Assessor  and  Collector,  and  to  certify  to  the  Auditor 
whether  it  is  correct  or  not. 

SEC.  11.  Assembly  May  Regulate  Water  Rates— Rev- 
enue from  Water  Rates,  How  Applied.— The  Assembly  may 
make  alterations  in  the  prices  or  rents  to  be  paid  for  the  use  of 
water  from  the  water  works,  and  the  whole  net  income  from 
rents  and  receipts  of  the  water  works,  in  excess  of  what  may  be 
necessary  for  completing,  constructing,  operating  and  repair- 
ing the  water  works  and  for  interest  on  water  bonds  shall  be 
transferred  quarterly  to  the  fund  commissioners  of  the  City 
of  St.  Louis,  and  shall  be  by  them  invested  in  St.  Louis  water 
bonds,  if  the  same  can  be  done  advantageously,  and  if  not,  in 
other  bonds  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis ;  and  if  none  such  are  pro- 
curable, then  in  bonds  of  the  State  of  Missouri,  or  the 
United  States,  and  the  whole  sum  so  invested  shall  be  set  apart 
as  a  sinking  fund,  solemnly  appropriated  to  and  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  bonds  issued  for  the  erection  of  the  water  works, 
denominated  "St.  Louis  water  bonds,"  and  shall  be  applied 
solely  to  that  purpose  until  the  whole  of  said  bonds  be  fully 
paid ;  and  the  fund  commissioners  shall,  whenever  required  by 
the  Assembly  or  either  branch  thereof,  render  a  just,  true  and 


124  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VII. 

WATER  WORKS. 

full  account  of  all  their  receipts,  payments  and  proceedings 
under  this  section. 

SEC.  12.  Water  Rates  to  be  Fixed  so  as  to  Pay  Current 
Expenses  of  Works  and  Interest  on  Water  Bonds — Excep- 
tional Discriminations  Forbidden. — The  water  rates  shall 
be  fixed  at  prices  that  shall  produce  revenue  sufficient  at  least 
to  pay  the  interest  upon  the  city  water  bonds,  and  the  running 
expenses  of  the  water  works  department.  No  water  rate  shall 
be  allowed  or  fixed  by  any  other  principle  or  consideration 
than  that  of  producing  revenue,  and  exceptional  discrimina- 
tions in  rates  are  forbidden. 

*SEC.  13.  Sale  or  Lease  of  Water  Works  Forbidden- 
Fund  to  Renew  and  Extend  Water  Works,  and  to  Pay  In- 
terest and  Principal  of  Water  Bonds.  — The  water  works 
shall  never  be  sold,  leased  or  otherwise  disposed  of.  The  As- 
sembly shall  have  power  from  the  income,  rents  and  receipts 
of  the  water  works  to  provide  a  fund  for  the  renewal  and  ex- 
tension thereof,  and  for  the  payment  of  interest  and  principal 
of  bonds  issued  for  such  renewal  or  extension. 


*New  section  to  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amendment  election,  held  on 
October  22,  1901. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VIII. 


125 


ARTICLE  VIII. 


PUBLIC  PAEKS. 


SECTION 

1.  Park   commissioner — term   of  of- 

fice   and    bond — reports,    etc. 

2.  Appointment    of    assistants,    etc. 

3.  Annual       appropriation       for 

parks  —  entrance       and       exit 
gates. 


SECTION 

4.  Authority  of  municipal  assembly 

to   sell   or   lease    parks — action 
to  be  ratified  by  popular  vote. 

5.  Proceeds  of  O'Fallon  park  bonds 

to  be   turned   over  to  the  fund 
commissioners. 

6.  Repeal  of  special  park  acts. 


SECTION  l.  Park  Commissioner— Term  of  Office  and 
Bond — Reports,  Etc. —The  public  parks,  places  and  squares 
of  the  city,  except  Tower  Grove  Park,  shall  be  under  the  super- 
vision and  control  of  a  commissioner,  to  be  known  as  the 
"Park  Commissioner,"  to  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  and  con- 
firmed by  the  Council,  who  shall  hold  office  for  four  years,  and 
until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified,  and  give  bond 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  in  the  sum  of  at  least 
ten  thousand  dollars,  with  at  least  two  sureties,  residents  of 
the  city  and  owners  of  unincumbered  real  estate  in  said  city. 
He  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  on  ac- 
count of  said  parks,  squares  and  public  places,  and  make  a 
monthly  report  of  the  same  to  the  Comptroller. 

SEC.  2.  Appointment  of  Assistants,  Etc. — It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Park  Commissioner  to  execute  all  ordinances 
of  the  city  regulating  the  management  and  improvement  of  the 
public  parks,  squares  and  places  of  the  city,  and  for  this  pur- 
pose shall  have  authority,  with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  to 
appoint  such  assistants  and  employes  as  may  be  provided  by 
ordinance. 

SEC.  3.  Annual  Appropriation  for  Parks— Entrance 
and  Exit  Gates. — The  Municipal  Assembly  shall,  as  in  its 
judgment  may  be  deemed  necessary,  annually  make  such  ap- 
propriation, but  not  less  than  thirty  thousand  dollars,  out  of 
the  revenue  of  the  city,  for  the  purpose  of  embellishing,  im- 
proving, and  keeping  in  order  all  the  parks  and  squares  and 
places  under  the  supervision  of  the  Park  Commissioner.  Every 
public  park  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  be  provided  with  at 


126  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VIII. 

PUBLIC  PARKS. 

least  one  entrance  and  exit  for  public  use  on  each  side  thereof, 
appropriate  to  the  purpose  for  which  said  park  may  be  used. 

SEC.  4.  Authority  of  Municipal  Assembly  to  Sell  or 
Lease  Parks— Action  to  be  Ratified  by  Popular  Vote.— The 
Municipal  Assembly  shall  have  authority,  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  to  provide 
by  ordinance,  for  the  sale,  or  lease,  of  any -of  the  parks,  places 
and  squares  under  the  supervision  of  said  Board,  but  such 
ordinance  shall  provide  that  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  any 
such  park,  place  or  square  shall  be  paid  to  the  fund  com- 
missioners of  the  city,  and  that  all  rentals  shall  be  placed  to  the 
credit  of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  for  the  improve- 
ment and  embellishment  of  the  parks  of  the  city :  Provided 
however,  that  no  such  sale  or  lease  shall  be  made  by  the 
Municipal  Assembly  unless  the  ordinance  providing  therefor 
be  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  qualified  voters  of  the  city  for 
ratification  at  a  general  election,  and  it  be  ratified  by  a  majority 
of  the  qualified  voters  of  the  city. 

SEC.  5.  Proceeds  of  O'Fallon  Park  Bonds  to  be  Turned 
Over  to  Fund  Commissioners. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Auditor  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  and  the  presiding  justice 
of  the  county  court  thereof,  after  the  adoption  of  this  Charter 
and  upon  demand  of  the  Mayor  of  the  city,  to  draw  a  warrant 
on  the  county  treasurer  in  favor  of  the  fund  commissioners 
of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  for  the  amount  realized  by  the  sale  of 
bonds  authorized  by  an  act  approved-  March  22,  1875,  entitled 
"An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  an  act  to  establish  O'Fallon 
Park  in  St.  Louis  County,  and  authorizing  the  county  court  of 
St.  Louis  County  to  issue  bonds  for  the  purchase  of  lands 
therefor,  and  for  the  government  of  the  same  when  established, 
approved  March  27,  1874,"  and  the  fund  commissioners  shall 
purchase  the  bonds  D£  the  city  for  the  same. 

SEC.  6.  Repeal  of  Special  Park  Acts.— An  act  entitled 
"An  act  to  establish  Carondelet  Park  in  St.  Louis  County,  and 
authorizing  the  county  court  of  St.  Louis  County  to  issue  bonds 
for  the  purchase  of  lands  therefor,  and  to  provide  for  the 
government  of  the  same  when  established,"  approved  February 
25,  1874,  and  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  establish  Forest  Park 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  VIII.  127 

PUBLIC  PARKS. 

in  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  to  provide  for  the  establishment 
and  government  thereof,  and  to  provide  for  the  issue  of  bonds 
by  the  county  court  of  St.  Louis  County,  for  the  purposes  of 
said  park,  and  for  the  purchase  and  condemnation  of  lands  for 
the  same,"  approved  March  25,  1874,  and  an  act  entitled  "'An 
act  to  establish  O'Fallon  Park  in  St.  Louis  County,  and  author- 
izing the  county  court  of  said  county  to  issue  bonds  for  the 
purchase  of  lands  therefor,  and  for  the  government  of  the 
same  when  established,"  approved  March  25,  1874,  are  hereby 
repealed. 


128 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IX. 


ARTICLE  IX. 


HARBOR  AND  WHARF  DEPARTMENT— HARBOR. 


SECTION 

1.  Harbor      and       wharf      commis- 

sioner. 

2.  Official  term  and  bond — salaries, 

deputies,   etc. 

3.  Harbor  of  the  city. 

4.  Jurisdiction  of  commissioner. 

5.  Authority  and  duties  of  commis- 

sioner. 

6.  Wharfage    and    levee    dues,    how 

collected,  etc. 


be    credited     to 


SECTION 

7.  Collections     to 
harbor  fund. 


WHARF-BOATS. 

8.  Mooring   of   wharf-boats,    etc. 

9.  Owners    of    wharf-boats    forbid- 

den    to     receive     commissions 
or    charge    storage. 
10.  Wharf-boats  not  to  affect  wharf- 
age dues. 


SECTION  i.  Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner. — There  is 
hereby  created  a  department  of  the  city  government  called  the 
Harbor  and  Wharf  Department,  which  shall  be  under  the  juris- 
diction and  control,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Charter, 
and  of  ordinances  not  conflicting  therewith,  of  an  officer  who 
shall  be  styled  the  "Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner." 

SEC.  2.     Official  Term  and  Bond— Salaries,  Deputies, 

Etc. — The  Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner  shall  be  appointed 
by  the  Mayor  and  confirmed  by  the  Council.  He  shall  hold 
his  office  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  until  his  successor  is 
duly  qualified.  He  shall  give  personal  attention  and  devote 
the  whole  of  his  time  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  for  the 
faithful  performance  thereof  shall  give  such  bond,  and  for  such 
sum  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance.  He  shall  receive  a 
stated  salary  for  his  services,  in  such  sum  as  may  be  fixed  by 
ordinance,  and,  with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  may  appoint 
such  deputies  and  assistants  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance. 
SEC.  3.  Harbor  of  the  City. — The  harbor  of  the  City  of 
St.  Louis  shall  comprise  the  bed  of  the  Mississippi  River,  its 
channels,  sloughs,  bayous,  bars  and  islands,  from  the  mouth  of 
the  Missouri  River  to  the  mouth  of  the  Meramec  River. 

SEC.  4.  Jurisdiction  of  Commissioner. — The  jurisdiction 
of  the  Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner  shall  extend  over  all 
the  lands,  river  banks  and  beach  dedicated,  condemned,  or  be- 
longing to  the  city  for  Avharf  purposes  within  the  city,  and  over 
so  much  of  the  Mississippi  River,  and  to  the  middle  of  the  main 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IX.  129 

HARBOR  AND  WHARF  DEPARTMENT. 

channel  thereof,  as  lies  immediately  in  front  of  the  city  over 
which  the  city  has  control. 

SEC.  5.    Authority  and  Duties  of  Commissioner.— It 

shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner  and 
he  is  hereby  empowered,  to  direct  the  landing  and  stationing 
of  all  boats,  vessels  or  rafts  arriving  at  any  point  within  the 
limits  of  the  city,  and  to  direct  the  discharge  and  removal  of 
their  cargoes ;  to  superintend  the  disposition  of  freight,  mer- 
chandise and  materials  for  repairs  on  the  river  bank ;  to  keep 
the  wharf  and  the  river  along  the  shore  free  from  wrecks  and 
other  improper  obstructions,  and  generally  to  exercise  such 
supervision  and  control  over  the  wharf  and  harbor,  and  to  per- 
form such  other  duties,  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  6.    Wharfage  and  Levee  Dues,  How  Collected,  Etc. 

—The  Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner  shall  carefully  ex- 
amine, and,  if  found  correct,  certify  all  bills  and  claims  against 
the  city  pertaining  to  his  department.  He  shall,  upon  blanks 
furnished  by  the  Comptroller,  make  out  and  deliver  to  the  City 
Collector  for  collection  all  bills  for  wharfage  dues,  levee  rates, 
and  all  other  dues  whatever  to  his  department,  as  may  be  estab- 
lished by  ordinance,  immediately  on  the  liability  therefor 
accruing,  taking  duplicate  receipts  therefor,  one  of  which  he 
shall  retain  in  his  office,  and  the  other  he  shall  deliver  at  least 
monthly  to  the  Auditor,  for  charge  against  the  Collector. 

SEC.  7.  Collections  to  be  Credited  to  Harbor  Fund.— 
All  moneys  collected  from  harbor  tax,  wharfage  dues  or  other 
sources  relating  to  harbor,  as  well  as  all  forfeitures,  fines  and 
penalties  imposed  for  violation  of  ordinances  duly  enacted  re- 
lating to  harbor  and  wharf,  shall  be  credited  to  the  account  of 
harbor  fund. 

WHARF  BOATS. 

SEC.  8.  Mooring1  of  Wharf  Boats,  Etc.—  Bona  Me  owners 
of  steamboats  regularly  engaged  in  carrying  passengers  or 
freight,  or  of  barges  transporting  general  merchandise  by 
means  of  steam  tow  boats,  to  or  from  this  city,  and  none 
others,  may  have  the  right  to  moor  a  wharf  boat  at  the  paved 
landing,  to  be  used  exclusively  for  their  own  boats  or  vessels 


130  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  IX. 

HARBOR  AND  WHARF  DEPARTMENT. 

upon  the  terms  and  conditions  provided  by  this  charter  and  by 
ordinance:  provided,  however,  that  said  wharf  boat  shall  be 
owned  by  the  same  owners,  and  in  exactly  the  same  proportion 
as  the  said  boats  and  vessels  are  owned. 

SEC.  9.  Owners  of  Wharf  Boats  Forbidden  to  Receive 
Commissions  or  Charge  Storage.—  No  person  keeping  or  in- 
terested in  a  wharf  boat  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall  be  al- 
lowed to  charge  for  the  storage  or  forwarding  of  any  freight 
or  merchandise  passed  over  said  wharf  boat,  nor  to  receive  any 
commission  on  said  freight  or  merchandise,  nor  to  charge 
directly  or  indirectly  any  transient  or  other  boats  for  the  privi- 
lege of  landing  at  said  wharf  boat.  Any  person,  association 
or  corporation,  violating  any  provision  of  this  section  shall 
pay  to  the  city  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  for  each 
offense,  and  said  Commissioner  shall  report  every  such  viola- 
tion to  the  City  Attorney. 

SEC.  10.    Wharf  Boats  Not  to  Affect  Wharfage  Dues.- 

The  mooring  of  any  wharf  boat  shall  not  affect  in  any  manner 
the  wharfage  tax,  or  dues,  or  levee  rates,  but  wharfage  shall 
be  collected  from  each  boat  landing  at  any  wharf  boat  as 
though  said  wharf  boat  was  not  there. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  X. 


131 


ARTICLE   X. 

STREET  RAILROADS. 


SECTION 

1.  Authority     of    municipal 

bly  in  reference  to  street  rail- 
roads—  may  sell  franchises  or 
impose  a  per  capita  tax,  or  a 
tax  on  gross  receipts. 

2.  May    regulate     running     of   "cars 

and  rates  of  fare,  and  tax 
property. 

3.  Surrender     of      franchises,     how 

effected. 


SECTION 

4.  Uniform    gauge    required,    widtii 

of  rail  prescribed. 

5.  Companies     to     keep     street     be- 

tween rails  in  repair. 

6.  Right    of    one    railroad    company 

to    run    cars    on    the    track    of 
another. 

7.  Existing   franchises     to     be     for- 

feited unless  put  in  use  within 
one  year. 


SECTION  1.  Authority  of  Municipal  Assembly  in  Ref- 
erence to  Street  Railroads— May  Sell  Franchises  or  Im- 
pose a  Per  Capita  Tax  or  a  Tax  on  Gross  Receipts.  —The 
Municipal  Assembly  shall  have  power  by  ordinance  to  deter- 
mine all  questions  arising  with  reference  to  street  railroads, 
in  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city,  whether  such  questions  may 
involve  the  construction  of  such  street  railroads,  granting  the 
right  of  way,  or  regulating  and  controlling  them  after  their 
completion ;  and  also  shall  have  power  to  sell  the  franchise  or 
right  of  way  for  such  street  railroads  to  the  highest  bidder,  or 
as  a  consideration  therefor,  to  impose  a  per  capita  tax  on  the 
passengers  transported,  or  an  annual  tax  on  the  gross  receipts 
of  such  railroad,  or  on  each  car,  and  no  street  railroad  shall 
liereafter  be  incorporated  or  built  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis  ex- 
cept according  to  the  above,  and  other  conditions  in  this  Char- 
ter, and  in  such  manner  and  to  such  extent  as  may  be  provided 
by  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.  May  Regulate  Running1  of  Cars  and  Rates  of 
Fare  and  Tax  Property. — The  Assembly  shall  have  power  to 
regulate  the  time  and  manner  of  running  cars,  and  the  rates  of 
fare  on  street  railroads  now  or  hereafter  to  be  built,  and  the 
sale  of  tickets  and  exchange  thereof  between  the  several  com- 
panies, and  to  tax  the  property  of  street  railroad  companies  in 
such  manner  as  may  be  provided  by  law. 

SEC.  3.     Surrender  of  Franchises,  How  Effected.— Any 

street  railroad  company  unable  or  indisposed  to  carry  forward 
its  business  may  notify  the  Mayor  of  such  indisposition,  and 


132  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  X. 

STREET  RAILROADS. 

surrender  thereby  all  their  chartered  rights  or  franchises,  in 
such  manner  and  under  such  terms  and  conditions,  as  may  be 
provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  4.  Uniform  Gauge  Required— Width  of  Rail  Pre- 
scribed.—An  uniform  gauge  shall  be  established  by  ordinance 
for  all  street  railroads  that  may  be  built  in  the  City  of  St. 
Louis,  and  no  flat  rails  shall  hereafter  be  laid  down  on  street 
railroads  now  or  hereafter  to  be  built,  having  a  less  width  than 
two  and  a  half  inches  in  the  flange  of  said  rail,  which  is  used 
by  ordinary  vehicles. 

SEC.  5.  Companies  to  Keep  Street  Between  Rails  in 
Repair.— Street  railroad  companies  shall  keep  the  street  be- 
tween the  rails  and  to  the  extent  of  twelve  inches  outside  of 
each  rail  in  perfect  repair,  as  nearly  on  a  level  with  such  rails 
as  practicable  and  that  portion  outside  the  rails  shall  be  of  the 
same  material  as  the  street  itself,  and  the  Municipal  Assembly 
shall  provide  by  ordinance  that  bond  or  other  security  shall 
be  given  by  the  several  companies,  conditioned  for  a  compli- 
ance with  the  provision  of  this  section. 

SEC.  6.  Right  of  One  Railroad  Company  to  Run  Cars  on 
the  Tracks  of  Another. — Any  street  railroad  company  shall 
have  the  right  to  run  its  cars  over  the  track  of  any  other  street 
railroad  company  in  whole  or  in  part,  upon  the  payment  of 
just  compensation  for  the  use  thereof,  under  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance,  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Municipal  Assembly  to  immediately  pass  such 
ordinances  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  this  provision  into 
effect. 

SEC.  7.  Existing*  Franchises  to  be  Forfeited  Unless 
Put  in  Use  Within  One  Year.— All  franchises  and  privileges 
to  use  the  streets  of  the  city  for  street  railroad  purposes  hereto- 
fore granted,  and  not  now  in  use,  are  hereby  declared  forfeited 
and  of  no  effect,  uhless  the  company  or  persons  holding  such 
franchises  or  privileges  shall,  within  one  year  after  the  adop- 
tion of  this  Charter,  construct  the  tracks  and  run  street  cars 
upon  said  streets,  to  the  extent  that  said  streets  may  then  be 
finished,  and  also  extend  such  tracks  and  run  cars  on  such 
streets  as  rapidly  as  the  construction  of  such  streets  is  com- 
pleted. 


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ARTICLE    XL 

FIRK  DEPARTMENT. 

SECTION  I     SECTION 

1.  Chief    of    fire    department — term    |      3.  May    exercise     police     power    at 

of  office — duties.  fires. 

2.  Power    to    purchase   horses,    etc.,          4.  Regulations    as    to    frame    build- 

with   approval    of   mayor — pur-    |  ings. 

chase    of    engines,     apparatus,          5.  Chief   to    inspect   all    new    build- 

etc.  ings. 

SECTION  1.  Chief  of  Fire  Department— Term  of  Office 
— Duties.  —The  Fire  Department  of  the  city  shall  be  under  the 
control  and  supervision  of  a  "Chief  of  Fire  Department,"  who 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  and  confirmed  by  the  Council, 
who  shall  hold  his  office  for  four  years  and  until  his  successor 
is  duly  qualified,  subject  to  removal,  as  provided  for  other  ap- 
pointed officers.  He  shall  have  general  charge  of  the  property 
of  the  city  connected  with  his  department,  and  shall,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  appoint  and  employ  all  such 
officers  and  employes  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  2.  Power  to  Purchase  Horses,  Etc.,  with  Approval 
of  Mayor— Purchase  of  Engines,  Apparatus,  Etc. — The 

Chief  of  Fire  Department  shall  have  power,  in  cases  of  emer- 
gency, with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  under  such  regulations 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance,  to  purchase  or  hire  such 
horses  and  mules  as,  may  be  necessary  for  the  use  of  his  depart- 
ment, and  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  recommend  to 
the  Commissioner  of  Supplies,  the  purchase  of  engines  and 
other  apparatus  for  the  suppression  or  extinguishment  of  fires, 
in  such  manner  and  to  such  extent  as  may  be  provided  by 
ordinance. 

SEC.  3.  May  Exercise  Police  Power  at  Fires. — The  Chief 
of  Fire  Department  and  assistant  engineers  appointed  by  him 
shall  have  the  same  police  powers  at  all  fires  as  the  Chief  of 
Police,  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  provided  by  ordi- 
nance. 

INSPECTION   OF    BUILDINGS. 

SEC.  4.  Regulations  as  to  Frame  Building's. —No  per- 
son shall  erect  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  as 


134  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XI. 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

established  by  the  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
Missouri  entitled  "An  act  to  revise  the  Charter  of  the  City  of 
St.  Louis,  and  to  extend  the  limits  thereof,"  approved  March 
4,  1870,  any  building  or  buildings  the  outer  walls  of  which 
are  in  whole  or  in  part  constructed  of  wood,  nor  upon  blocks 
or  squares  in  the  territory  added  to  the  city  by  this  Scheme  or 
Charter,  that  have  built  upon  them  six  or  more  substantial 
dwellings  or  storehouses,  without  procuring  a  permit  so  to  do 
in  such  manner  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinance. 

SEC.  5.  Chief  to  Inspect  All  New  Building's. —It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Fire  Department  to  inspect  all 
buildings  in  the  course  of  construction,  and  to  cause  to  be  car- 
ried into  effect  all  ordinances  relating  thereto.* 

*  Above  duties  transferred  to  Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings.  Mun.  Code, 
Section  24. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XII. 


135 


ARTICLE   XII. 


HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 


SECTION 

].  Health    commissioner — his    offi- 
cial  term    and    bond. 

2.  Board       of       Health  —  meetings, 

quorum,   etc. 

3.  Duties      of      commissioner  —  ar»- 

pointment  of  employes — may 
examine  premises — shall  obey 
orders  of  the  board,  and  re- 
port annually  to  the  board. 

4.  Nuisances     to     be     reported     to 

commissioner  —  births,  mar- 
riages and  deaths  to  be  regis- 
tered— commissioner  to  have 
charge  of  hospitals,  asylum, 
etc. 

5.  Superintendents       of       hospitals 

and  employes,  how  appointed. 

6.  Abatement     or    removal    of    nui- 

sance —  notification  to  own- 
ers— cost  of  abatement  to  be 
assessed  as  special  tax. 


SECTION 

7.  Contracts   for    the   abatement   of 

nuisances. 

8.  Proclamation    oy   mayor   in    time 

of  epidemics  —  authority  of 
commissioner  and  board  of 
health  in  such  cases,  etc. 

9.  Commissioner's    record    and    ac- 

counts. 

10.  Duties   of     physicians     in     refer- 

ence to  burial  certificates. 

11.  Weekly    report   of   interments   to 

be  made  to  health  commis- 
sioner. 

12.  Penalty   in   case   of   burial   with- 

out  certificate. 

13.  Penalty      for     failure      to     make 

weekly  report  of  interments. 

14.  Record   of  proceedings  of  board. 


SECTION  1.     Health  Commissioner— His  Official  Term 

and  Bond.— There  is  hereby  created  a  Health  Department  of 
the  City  of  St.  Louis,  which  shall  be  managed,  directed  and 
controlled  as  provided  by  this  Charter  and  by  ordinances  of 
the  City  of  St.  Louis,  by  a  Board  of  Health  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, and  by  an  officer  who  shall  be  denominated  the  Health 
Commissioner.  He  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor  by  and 
with  the  approval  of  the  Council,  and  shall  perform  such 
duties  as  may  be  provided  by  this  Charter  and  by  ordinance. 
He  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  until 
his  successor  is  duly  qualified,  be  subject  to  removal  by  the 
Mayor  as  other  officers,  and  shall  possess  the  same  qualifica- 
tions as  the  Mayor,  and  shall  give  bond  in  such  sum  as  shall 
be  ordained  by  the  Assembly,  with  at  least  two  sufficient 
sureties,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties. 

SEC.  2.    Board   of   Health— Meeting's,  Quorum,  Etc.— 

There  is  also  hereby  created  a  Board  of  Health  which  shall 
consist  of  the  Mayor,  (who  shall  be  its  presiding  officer),  the 
presiding  officer  of  the  Council,  a  Commissioner  of  Police,  to 
be  designated  by  the  Mayor,  and  two  regular  practicing  physi- 
cians, who  shall  possess  the  same  qualifications  as  the  Mayor. 


136  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XII. 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

The  Health  Commissioner  shall  be  a  member  of  said  Board 
and  in  the  absence  of  the  Mayor,  the  presiding  officer.  The 
Board  shall  meet  twice  in  each  week  during  the  year.  They 
may  be  convened  in  special  session  at  any  time  by  the  Mayor, 
Health  Commissioner,  or  by  any  two  members  of  the  Board 
upon  written  notification  served  twelve  hours  before  the  date 
of  said  meeting.  Three  members  of  the  Board  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business,  and  it  shall  have 
power  to  adopt  rules  and  regulations  for  its  government. 

SEC.  3.  Duties  of  Commissioner— Appointment  of  Em- 
ployes—May Examine  Premises— Shall  Obey  Orders  of 
Board,  and  Report  Annually  to  Mayor.— The  Health  Com- 
missioner shall  have  general  supervision  over  the  public  health 
of  said  city,  and  see  that  its  regulations,  and  the  laws  and 
ordinances  of  said  city  in  relation  thereto,  are  enforced  and 
observed,  and  for  that  purpose  he  is  authorized  and  empowered 
to  make  such  rules  and  regulations,  with  the  approval  of  the 
Board,  not  inconsistent  with  this  Charter  or  any  city  ordinance 
or  law  of  this  State,  as  will  tend  to  preserve  and  promote  the 
health  of  said  city ;  to  appoint  such  employes,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Board  of  Health  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  execution 
of  his  orderes ;  to  enter  into  or  authorize  and  require  any  em- 
ploye or  police  officer  to  enter  into  and  examine,  in  the  day- 
time, all  buildings,  lots  and  places  of  every  description,  within 
the  city  and  to  ascertain  and  report  to  him  the  condition 
thereof,  so  far  as  the  public  health  may  be  affected  by  it;  to 
declare  and  abate  nuisances  in  such  manner  as  may  be  provided 
herein,  or  by  ordinance,  but  all  condemnations  must  first  be 
approved  by  the  Board  of  Health,  whose  action  thereon  shall 
be  final.  He  shall  obey  all  orders,  not  inconsistent  with  this 
Charter  and  city  ordinances,  emanating  from  the  Board  of 
Health,  and  shall  annually  report  to  the  Mayor,  the  general 
operations  of  his  department  during  the  year  then  ended,  with 
such  suggestions  for  the  improvement  of  the  same  as  he  shall 
consider  expedient. 

SEC.  4.  Nuisances  to  be  Reported  to  Commissioner- 
Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths  to  be  Registered— Commis- 
sioner to  Have  Charge  of  Hospitals,  Asylums,  Etc. — It  is 

made  the  duty  of  all  police  officers  to  observe  the  sanitary  con- 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XII.  137 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

dition  of  their  districts,  and  through  the  Chief  of  Police  to  re- 
port to  the  Health  Commissioner  promptly  any  nuisance  or 
accumulated  filth  found  to  exist  in  any  portion  of  the  city. 
The  Health  Commissioner  shall  provide  for  the  registration  of 
all  births,  deaths  and  marriages  occurring  within  the  city ;  shall 
have  charge  of  all  city  hospitals,  quarantine,  insane  asylums, 
morgue  and  city  dispensary,  and  with  the  advice  and  counsel 
of  said  Board  of  Health,  make  all  necessary  rules  for  the  gov- 
ernment thereof. 

SEC.  5.  Superintendents  of  Hospitals  and  Employes, 
How  Appointed. — There  will  be  a  superintendent  of  the 
city  hospital,  a  superintendent  of  the  female  hospital,  a  super- 
intendent of  the  insane  asylum,  and  a  superintendent  of  quar- 
antine when  necessary,  who  shall  perform  their  duties  under 
the  general  supervision  of  the  Health  Commissioner,  and  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  with  the  approval  of  the  Board  of 
Health,  but  all  other  employes  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Health 
Commissioner,  and  approved  by  the  Board  of  Health,  except 
such  as  may  be  temporarily  in  the  employ  of  the  Health  Com- 
missioner. 

SEC.  6.  Abatement  OP  Removal  of  Nuisances— Notifi- 
cation to  Owners— Cost  of  Abatement  to  be  Assessed  as 
Special  Tax. — In  order  to  effect  the  abatement  of  nuisances 
or  removal  of  accumulated  filth,  the  Health  Commissioner  shall 
have  power,  whenever  in  his  opinion  such  nuisance  or  filth 
exists,  and  after  officially  so  declared  of  record  by  the  Board 
of  Health,  to  notify  the  owner  or  owners  thereof,  or  his  or 
their  agents,  to  abate  or  remove  the  same,  either  by  filling  up, 
draining,  cleaning  purifying  or  removing  same,  as  the  case 
may  be,  which  notice  shall  be  served  upon  the  owner  or  agent 
having  charge  of  said  property,  in  the  same  manner  as  writs 
of  summons  are  required  to  be  served  in  civil  cases.  If  the 
owner,  who  shall  have  been  so  served  with  such  notice,  shall 
fail,  within  the  time  indicated  in  such  notice,  which  shall  be 
discretionary  with  said  Health  Commissioner,  to  comply  with 
such  order,  or  fail  to  show  good  cause  to  said  Health  Com- 
missioner why  he  can  not  or  ought  not  to  comply  with  such 
order,  for  which  purpose  he  shall  be  entitled  to  be  heard  before 


138  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XII. 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

said  Health  Commissioner  and  Board  of  Health,  if  he  so  re- 
quest it,  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on 
conviction,  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars ; 
and  the  nuisance  shall  be  abated,  and  special  tax  bills  rendered 
against  the  property  in  same  manner  as  against  non-residents, 
except  that  notice  by  advertisement  shall  not  be  necessary.  If 
such  service  can  not  be  made  for  the  reason  that  the  owner, 
agents,  or  other  persons  having  charge  of  the  property  upon 
which  the  nuisance  may  exist,  can  not  be  found  in  the  city,  of 
which  fact  the  return  upon  such  notice  of  the  officer  serving 
the  same  shall  be  conclusive  evidence,  then  the  Health  Com- 
missioner shall  cause  such  notice  to  be  published  in  the  news- 
papers doing  the  city  printing,  for  two  consecutive  days  (Sun- 
days excepted).  And  if  within  two  days  after  the  service  of 
such  notice,  or  after  its  publication  as  aforesaid,  such  nuisance 
shall  not  be  abated,  or  the  order  observed  by  the  owner,  then 
the  Health  Commissioner  may  order  the  same  to  be  done  as 
hereinafter  directed;  and  the  cost  of  the  same,  when  fully 
completed,  shall  be  ascertained  under  the  direction  of  the 
President  of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  in  the  same 
manner  as  special  tax  bills  for  street  improvements,  and  the 
amount  thereof  shall  be  assessed  as  a  special  tax  against  th'e 
property  so  improved,  or  upon  which  such  work  has  been  done, 
in  the  name  of  the  owners  thereof,  of  which  the  books  of  the 
Assessor  shall  be  proof,  and  the  certified  bills  of  such  assess- 
ment shall  describe  therein  the  property  upon  which  the 
work  was  done.  Said  bills  shall  be  recorded  and  shall  be  col- 
lected and  paid  as  provided  in  this  Charter  in  relation  to  the 
collection  of  other  special  tax  bills,  and  shall  be  a  lien  on  said 
property,  and  the  Health  Commissioner  shall  keep  a  record  of 
his  proceedings  in  all  cases  of  abatements  ordered  by  him. 

SEC.  7.     Contracts  for  the  Abatement  of  Nuisances.— 

All  contracts  for  work  contemplated  by  this  section  on  which 
special  tax  bills  are  to  be  issued,  shall  be  entered  into  by  the 
President  of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  in  the  name  of 
the  city,  based  on  the  estimates  of  the  cost  by  the  President  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  accompanied  by  reports  of 
surveys  and  profiles,  in  cases  requiring  the  same  in  the  judg- 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XII.  139 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

merit  of  such  President,  and  shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor 
and  registered  in  the  office  of  the  Comptroller. 

SEC.  8.  Proclamation  by  Mayor  in  Time  of  Epidemics- 
Authority  of  Commissioner  and  Board  of  Health  in  Such 
Cases,  Etc. — Whenever  it  shall  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the 
Mayor  that  any  malignant,  infectious  or  contagious  disease  or 
epidemic  is  prevalent  in  the  city,  or  will  probably  become  so, 
he  may  make  proclamation  of  such  fact  to  the  inhabitants ;  and 
after  such  proclamation  the  Health  Commissioner,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Board  of  Health,  may  have  power, -by  order, 
to  take  all  steps  and  use  all  measures  necessary  to  avoid,  sup- 
press or  mitigate  such  disease,  without  the  intervention  of  the 
Assembly  in  the  same  manner  and  as  effectually  as  the  Assem- 
bly could  itself  do  by  ordinance,  and  may  employ  such  officers, 
agents,  servants  and  assistants,  establish  temporary  hospitals, 
provide  necessary  furniture,  medical  attendance  and  nurses,  as 
in  the  opinion  of  the  said  Commissioner,  with  the  advice  and 
counsel  of  said  Board  of  Health,  may  be  necessary  and  advis- 
able :  Provided,  that  the  amount  expended  shall  not  exceed  the 
appropriation  for  Health  Department.  The  Health  Commis- 
sioner shall  have  and  exercise  such  power  until  he  shall  declare, 
or  until  the  Mayor  shall  proclaim,  that  the  epidemic  or  disease, 
in  view  of  which  the  proclamation  was  made,  is  no  longer 
imminent  or  prevalent,  whereupon  the  said  power  shall  cease. 

SEC.  9.  Commissioner's  Records  and  Accounts. — Said 
Health  Commissioner  shall  keep  a  record  of  his  acts  and  or- 
ders ;  shall  file  all  petitions,  documents  and  papers  beonging  to 
the  office,  and  shall  keep  a  correct  account  in  full  of  all  receipts 
and  expenditures,  and  shall  make  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
government  of  his  subordinates.  Copies  of  such  records,  docu- 
ments, rules  and  regulations,  when  authenticated  by  his  clerk, 
shall  be  presumptive  evidence  in  any  court  of  justice  of  trie 
facts  therein  contained :  Provided,  such  rules  and  regulations 
arc  not  inconsistent  with  this  Charter,  or  ordinances. 

SEC.  10.  Duties  of  Physicians  in  Reference  to  Burial 
Certificates. — For  the  purpose  of  carrying  the  provisions  of 
this  article  into  effect,  every  physician  who  may  practice  medi- 
cine in  the  City  of  St.  Louis  shall,  when  a  patient  dies  under 
his  care,  make  out  two  certificates,  stating  the  name,  age,  sex, 


140  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XII. 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

color  and  place  of  birth,  and  place  and  date  of  death,  together 
with  the  name  of  the  disease  of  which  said  person,  died,  one  of 
which  he  shall  without  delay,  deposit  in  the  office  of  said 
Health  Commissioner,  and  the  other  he  shall  give  to  the  under- 
taker of  the  funeral,  to  be  delivered  by  him  to  the  person  who 
has  control  of  the  graveyard  in  which  the  body  is  buried.  And 
if  any  physician  or  undertaker  refuse  or  omit  to  do  as  afore- 
said, he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  five  dollars  to  the  use  of  the  City 
of  St.  Louis,  to  be  recovered  as  provided  for  in  Section  1 1  of 
this  article. 

SEC.  11.  Weekly  Report  of  Interments  to  be  Made  to 
Health  Commissioners. — All  overseers,  sextons  or  other  per- 
sons who  may  have  control  over  public  graveyards  in  the  City 
of  St.  Louis  shall  make  a  weekly  report  to  the  Health  Com- 
missioner, of  all  interments  during  the  week  in  the  graveyard, 
whereof  they  are  such  overseer  or  sexton  respectively.  Said 
report  shall  specify  the  names  and  ages  of  the  persons  interred, 
sex,  color,  and  place  of  birth,  and  place  and  date  of  death,  and 
also  the  diseases  of  which  said  persons  died. 

SEC.  12.  Penalty  in  Case  of  Burial  Without  Certifi- 
cate.— If  any  overseer,  sexton,  or  other  person  having  control 
of  a  graveyard,  shall  permit  any  person  to  be  interred  in  said 
graveyard  without  a  certificate,  stating  the  name,  age,  sex, 
color,  place  of  birth,  place  and  date  of  death,  together  with  the 
disease  of  which  said  person  died,  signed  by  the  phyisician 
who  attended  said  person,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  not 
less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars,  to  be  recovered 
as  in  other  cases  of  misdemeanor,  before  any  court  or  officer 
having  competent  jurisdiction. 

SEC.  13.  Penalty  for  Failure  to  Make  Weekly  Reports 
of  Interments. — If  any  overseer,  sexton  or  other  person 
charged  with  the  performance  of  such  duty,  fail  or  neglect  to 
make  to  the  Health  Commissioner  such  report  of  weekly  inter- 
ments, he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  for 
every  such  failure,  to  be  recovered  in  like  manner  as  provided 
in  the  last  preceding  section. 

SEC.  14.  Record  of  Proceeding's  of  Board. — The  Board 
of  Health  shall  keep  a  full  and  correct  record  of  its  proceed- 
ings and  acts,  and  the  clerk  of  said  Health  Commissioner  shall 
act  as  the  clerk  of  the  said  Board. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XIII.  141 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

SCHOOLS. 

SriCTION  I      SECTION 

1.*  4.  Rate  of  school  taxes  to  be  fixed 

2.  City     officers     to     assess    school  by  board. 

3.  City*'  collector    to    collect    school    !      5-  Sch°o1     taxes    collected     in     e* 

taxes  and  to  give  special  bond  tended  limits  to  be  remitted  if 

to  board.  in  excess  of  necessary  revenue. 

*  SECTION  i. 

SEC.  2.     City  Officers  to  Assess   School  Taxes.— The 

officers  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  directed  by  this  Charter  to 
assess  and  extend  the  State  and  city  taxes,  and  to  perform 
other  duties  relating  thereto,  shall  perform  the  same  duties  in 
regard  to  taxes  levied  by  the  board  of  president  and  directors 
of  the  St.  Louis  public  schools  (Board  of  Education  of  St. 
Louis). 

SEC.  3.  City  Collector  to  Collect  School  Taxes  and 
to  Give  Special  Bond  to  Board.— The  Collector  of  the  City  of 
St.  Louis  shall  collect  all  taxes  levied  by  the  Board  of  Presi- 
dent and  Directors  of  the  St.  Louis  public  schools  (Board  of 
Education  of  St.  Louis).  Said  Collector  shall  give  such  bond 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  to  said  Board,  and 
account  for  and  pay  over  to  said  Board  in  such  manner  and  at 
such  times,  all  school  taxes  collected  by  him,  as  the  Collector 
of  St.  Louis  County  was  required  to  do  under  the  laws  hereto- 
fore in  force. 

SEC.  4.     Rate  of  School  Taxes  to  be  Fixed  by  the  Board. 

—The  Board  of  President  and  Directors  of  the  St.  Louis  pub- 
lic schools  (Board  of  Education  of  St.  Louis)  shall  determine 
the  rate  of  taxation  for  each  year  by  resolution,  a  copy  of 
which,  duly  certified  according  to  law  shall  be  handed  to  the 
Collector  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  to  the  Register  of  said 
city,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  August  in  each  year. 


*  Section  1  of  the  original  Charter  is  not  in  force,  and  has  therefore  been  omitted. 
The  "Board  of  Education  of  St.  Louis"  was  created  by  act  of  March  23, 1897  (Laws 
1897,  p.  220). 


142  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XIII. 

SCHOOLS. 

SEC.  5.     School  Taxes  Collected  in  Extended  Limits  to 
be  Remitted  if  in  Excess  of  Necessary  Revenue.— If  the 

proceeds  of  taxes  levied  by  the  Board  of  President  and 
Directors  of  the  St.  Louis  public  schools  (Board  of  Education 
of  St.  Louis),  in  any  one  year,  on  property  in  the  different 
wards  within  the  newly  extended  city  limits,  should  prove  to 
be  greatly  in  excess  of  amounts  needed  for  the  purpose  of 
properly  carrying  on  the  education  of  children  residing  within 
such  extended  limits,  then  said  Board  shall  by  resolution  remit 
such  excess.  A  copy  of  such  resolution,  properly  authenticated, 
specifying  the  percentage  remitted  in  the  respective  wards, 
shall  be  filed  by  the  secretary  of  said  Board  with  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  who  shall,  in  extending  the 
tax,  make  a  deduction  equal  to  such  percentage  of  all  taxes 
levied  for  school  purposes  on  such  property. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XIV. 


143 


ARTICLE  XIV. 


SINKING  FUND.' 


SECTION 

1.  Sinking  fund  created. 

2.  Duty   of   assembly    as   to   appro- 

priations. 


SLCTIGX 

3.  Disbursements    to    be    made    on 

requisitions. 

4.  Disposition    of    sinking  fund  in 

hands  of  commissioner. 


SECTION  i.  Sinking1  Fund  Created.— There  is  hereby 
created  a  sinking  fund  for  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  which  shall 
always  be  kept  separate  and  distinct  from  other  funds  and 
revenues,  and  held  sacred  for  the  purpose  of  redemption  or 
purchase  of  bonds  issued  by  said  city,  which  were  outstanding 
on  the  seventh  day  of  April,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  and 
of  the  bonds  issued  for  the  renewal  thereof. 

SEC.  2.  Duty  of  Assembly  as  to  Appropriations.— The 
Municipal  Assembly  shall  annually  appropriate  from  the  fund 
designated  in  this  Charter  as  "interest  and  public  debt  revenue" 
a  sum  not  less  than  one  million  two  hundred  thousand  dollars 
to  be  used  exclusively  for  the  payment  of  the  bonds  of  the 
city  described  in  Section  I  of  this  article,  and  of  the  interest 
thereon.  That  portion  of  each  annual  appropriation  not  re- 
quired for  the  payment  of  the  interest  coupons  maturing  dur- 
ing the  respective  year,  shall  be  credited  to,  and  shall  constitute 
the  sinking  fund  herein  created. 

SEC.  3.  Disbursements  to  be  Made  on  Requisitions.  - 
All  disbursements  out  of  the  city  treasury  on  account  of  the 
sinking  fund,  shall  be  upon  requisitions  of  the  Comptroller  ap- 
proved by  the  Mayor;  and  in  all  other  respects  they  are  to  be 
made  in  the  same  manner  as  other  disbursements  of  the  city. 

SEC.  4.  Disposition  of  Sinking-  Fund  in  Hands  of  Com- 
missioners.—The  assets  of  the  sinking  fund  now  under  the 
control  of  the  Board  of  Fund  Commissioners  shall  be-  disposed 
of  as  follows :  The  money  on  hand,  and  the  proceeds  of  all 
matured  coupons  from  city  bonds,  shall  be  credited  to,  and  be  a 


*This  article  is  an  amendment  to  the  Charter,  adopted  at  the  charter  amend- 
ment election,  held  on  June,  1901. 


144  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XIV. 

SINKING  FUND. 

part  of,  the  sinking  fund  herein  created :  the  immatured  coupons 
from  city  bonds  shall  be  canceled,  and  filed  as  other  coupons 
from  city  bonds  are  filed.  The  bonds  of  the  Ohio  and  Mis- 
sissippi Railroad  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  Comptroller,  and 
deposited  in  his  office :  in  the  event  of  the  city  at  any  time  real- 
izing on  the  same,  the  proceeds  thereof  shall  be  credited  to, 
and  be  a  part  of,  the  sinking  fund  herein  created. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XV. 


145 


ARTICLE  XV. 


PUBLIC  PRINTING. 


SECTION 

1.  Register  to  advertise  for  sealed 
proposals — opening  of  bids — 
contracts  to  be  awarded  to 
lowest  bidder  and  reported  to 
council — specifications  of  con- 
tract— forfeiture  of  same — 
contract  for  job  printing — 
temporary  contract  author- 
ized. 


SECTION 

2.  Publication     of     ordinances — ab- 

stract of  proceedings  of  assem- 
bly— second  printing  of  docu- 
ments forbidden,  except  by 
two-thirds  vote — annual  print- 
ing of  city  documents  in  pam- 
phlet form. 

3.  Proofs   of    printing    to    be    sub- 

mitted  to   officers   interested. 


SECTION  l.  Register  to  Advertise  for  Sealed  Proposals 
—Opening'  of  Bids— Contracts  to  be  Awarded  to  Lowest 
Bidder  and  Reported  to  Council — Specifications  of  Con- 
tract— Forfeiture  of  Same— Contract  for  Job  Printing1— 
Temporary  Contract  Authorized.— All  printing  and  binding 
to  be  done  at  the  expense  of  the  city  shall  be  contracted  for  as 
follows,  to-wit:  The  Register  shall  advertise  in  the  news- 
papers published  in  the  city,  of  a  uniform  daily  circulation 
of  over  three  thousand  copies  (so  far  as  he  may  be  informed 
thereof),  a  proposal  for  sealed  bids  in  writing  for  doing  the 
city  printing,  to  be  done  in  city  newspapers  of  said  daily  circu- 
lation, for  one  year,  one  published  in  the  English  and  one  in 
the  German  language ;  said  advertisement  shall  state  the  place, 
day  and  hour  of  the  opening  of  such  bids,  and  shall  be  made 
for  at  least  ten  days  next  before  such  day.  The  bids  shall  be 
opened  in  the  office  of  the  Register,  and  all  bidders  may  be 
present  thereat.  No  bid  shall  be  considered  in  which  there 
shall  be  any  erasure  or  interlineation.  In  every  case  the  print- 
ing shall  be  awarded  to  the  lowest  bidder.  The  Register  shall, 
without  delay,  report  the  bids  and  awards  to  the  Council.  If 
the  Council  reject  any  award,  the  Register  shall  proceed  with- 
out delay  as  above,  for  new  bids  for  the  kind  of  printing  of 
the  rejected  award,  and  report,  as  aforesaid,  upon  the  same, 
and  so  on  until  the  Council  confirm  the  awards  for  all  the 
aforesaid  printing.  Every  contract  for  printing,  in  pursuance 
of  any  award,  shall  specify  the  printing  and  the  price  therefor, 
and  require  the  doing  thereof  within  reasonable  time.  The 


146  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XV. 

PUBLIC  PRINTING. 

printing  meant  in  this  article  includes  everything  of  labor,  skill 
and  materials,  for  bringing  the  work  to  the  condition  for  its 
intended  use  and  purpose.  If  any  bidder  fails  to  perform  the 
contract  as  therein  required,  the  same  shall  be  subject  to  for- 
feiture by  the  Mayor.  All  job  printing  and  binding  shall  be 
let  by  contract,  subject  to  such  regulations  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  ordinance.  Until  the  contract  be  made  as  aforesaid 
for  any  authorized  printing,  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  the 
same  may  be  contracted  for  by  the  Register,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Mayor. 

SEC.  2.  Publication  of  Ordinances— Abstract  of  Pro- 
ceedings of  Assembly — Second  Printing"  of  Documents 
Forbidden,  Except  by  Two-thirds  Vote— Annual  Printing1 
of  City  Documents  in  Pamphlet  Form. — Every  ordinance 
passed  by  the  Assembly  shall  be  published  in  the  papers  doing 
the  city  printing  within  five  days  after  its  approval.  The 
Assembly  shall  cause  an  abstract  of  its  proceedings  to  be  pub- 
lished within  forty-eight  hours  after  the  meeting  at  which  they 
were  had.  Such  abstract  shall  briefly  state  the  substance  of  all 
petitions,  memorials,  remonstrances,  motions,  propositions, 
bills,  resolutions  and  orders,  and  the  yeas  and  nays  in  full 
whenever  taken ;  also,  all  communications  from  the  Mayor  and 
other  city  officers,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  Municipal 
Assembly.  No  expense  for  printing  the  same  document  the 
second  time  shall  be  incurred,  except  when  ordered  by  a  vote 
of  two-thirds  of  the  members  elected  to  the  Assembly,  taken 
by  yeas  and  nays.  The  annual  messages  of  the  Mayor,  and 
reports  of  the  Comptroller,  with  the  accompanying  reports  of 
the  other  city  officers,  shall  be  printed  in  pamphlet  form,  the 
number  of  copies  to  be  determined  by  a  majority  of  both 
houses  of  the  Municipal  Assembly  by  joint  resolution. 

SEC.  3.  Proofs  of  Printing-  to  be  Submitted  to  Officers 
Interested. — Proofs  of  all  printing  shall  be  submitted  to  the 
officer  directly  interested  therein,  and  no  publication  or  print- 
ing shall  be  done  or  paid  for  except  when  done  in  the  manner 
herein  prescribed. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XVI. 


147 


ARTICLE  XVI. 


MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 


SECTION 

1.  Existing     ordinances,     contracts, 

etc.,  to  remain  in  force  until 
repealed  or  abrogated. 

2.  Existing     recognizances,     obliga- 

tions, forfeitures,  actions,  etc., 
to  remain  in  force. 

3.  Management     of    Mullanphy    be- 

quest. 

4.  Street     opening     ordinances     re- 

pealed— pending  cases  to  be 
conducted  under  former  laws 
— city  counselor  to  act  as  land 
commissioner. 

5.  Mayor  to   promulgate   charter. 

6.  Appeal    bonds     by      city — mayor 

to  execute  such  bonds  for  the 
city. 

7.  Execution     of     city     contracts — 

contracts  to  be  numbered, 
filed,  etc.,  in  register's  office — 
attested  copies  to  be  fur- 
nished city  officers. 

8.  Citizens    of     St.     Louis     exempt 

from  road   work. 

9.  Damage    suits    against    the    city 

— persons  ana  corporations, 
when  liable,  to  be  made  co-de- 
fendants, and  judgments  to 
be  first  enforced  against  them. 


SECTION 

10.  Regulation      of      public      proces- 

sions. 

11.  Penalty    for   voting    in    favor   of 

or  allowing  unauthorized 
claims — penalty  for  the  misap- 
plication of  public  funds. 

12.  Penalty     for    violation    of     pro- 

visions   of    charter. 

13.  Oath  of  office. 

14.  Records  of  board  of  police  com- 

missioners to  be  open  to  in- 
spection. 

15.  City    counselor   and    attorney    to 

furnish  legal  advice  to  police 
commissioners. 

16.  Expenses    of    police    force    to    be 

paid   out    of    city    treasury. 

17.  Assembly   to  fix   salaries   of   offi- 

cers— increase  of  salary  for- 
bidden during  term. 

18.  Limitation   of   salaries — all    fees, 

etc.,  to  be  paid  into  treas- 
ury— officers'  salaries  to  be 
paid  monthly. 

19.  Amendments   to    Charter    to    be 

submitted  to  the  people. 

20.  Existing    city    officers    continued 

in     office     until      April,     1877. 


SECTION  1.  Existing"  Ordinances,  Contracts,  Etc.,  to 
Remain  in  Force  Until  Repealed  or  Abrogated.— All  ordi- 
nances in  force  at  the  time  this  Charter  and  Scheme  go  into 
operation,  not  inconsistent  therewith,  shall  remain  in  full  force 
until  altered  or  repealed  by  the  Assembly,  and  all  rights, 
actions,  prosecutions  and  contracts  of  the  city,  not  inconsistent 
therewith,  shall  continue  to  be  valid  as  if  this  Scheme  had  not 
been  adopted. 

SEC.  2.  Existing-  Recognizances,  Obligations,  Forfeit- 
ures, Actions,  Etc.,  to  Remain  in  Force. — All  recognizances, 
obligations,  and  all  other  instruments  entered  into  or  executed 
to  the  city,  before  this  Charter  goes  into  operation,  and  all 
fines,  taxes,  penalties  and  forfeitures  due  or  owing  to  the  city, 
and  all  writs,  prosecutions,  actions  and  causes  of  action,  except 
as  herein  or  in  the  Scheme  otherwise  provided,  shall  continue 
and  remain  unaffected  by  this  Charter  going  into  operation. 


148  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XVI. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

SEC.   3.      Management    of    Mullanphy    Bequest. — The 

Assembly  shall  provide  by  ordinance  for  the  administration  of 
the  Mullanphy  bequest  by  a  board  of  thirteen  members  to  be 
elected  by  the  Council,  of  whom  not  more  than  five  shall  reside 
in  any  one  Congressional  District,  said  Board  shall  receive  no 
compensation  for  their  service. 

SEC.  4.  Street  Opening1  Ordinances  Repealed — Pending" 
Cases  to  be  Conducted  under  Former  Laws — City  Counselor 
to  Act  as  Land  Commissioner. — All  ordinances  for  the  open- 
ing of  any  street,  avenue  or  highway,  upon  which  proceedings 
shall  not  have  been  commenced  at  the  time  this  Charter  goes 
into  operation,  shall  be  and  are  hereby  repealed.  Provided, 
however,  that  the  provisions  of  this  Charter  shall  not  be  con- 
strued to  affect  any  case,  pending  at  the  time  when  said  Charter 
shall  become  operative,  but  every  such  case  shall  be  conducted 
under  the  law  in.  force  when,  it  was  commenced ;  and  any  act 
necessary  to  be  done  by  the  Land  Commissioner  of  the  City  of 
St.  Louis,  in  the  execution  of  any  such  cases  after  the  seventh 
day  of  April,  1877,  shall  be  performed  by  the  City  Counselor 
of  said  city. 

SEC.  5.  The  Mayor  to  Promulgate  Charter.— The  Mayor 
shall,  immediately  after  this  Scheme  and  Charter  go  into  effect, 
take  measures  to  promulgate  the  same,  by  causing  them  to  be 
printed  in  pamphlet  form,  with  accurate  head  notes  to  each 
article,  and  as  full  an  index  as  practicable. 

SEC.  6.  Appeal  Bonds  by  City — Mayor  to  Execute  Such 
Bonds  for  City. — The  City  of  St.  Louis,  in  taking  an  appeal 
in  any  judicial  proceedings,  shall  give  bond  as  required  by  law, 
but  is  hereby  released  from  the  obligation  of  law  to  furnish 
security  therefor.  All  such  bonds  shall  be  executed  by  the 
Mayor,  and  shall  be  taken  in  all  courts  as  a  full  compliance 
with  the  law  in  such  cases,  and  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  incon- 
sistent with  this  provision  are  hereby  repealed. 

*SEC.  7.  Execution  of  City  Contracts— Contracts  to 
be  Numbered,  Filed,  Etc.,  in  Register's  Office— Attested 
Copies  to  be  Furnished  City  Officers. — All  contracts  relating 


*  For  further  provisions  see  article  IV.  section  48.  And  2,  R.  S.  Mo.,  1899,  sections 
6759  and  6761. 


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MISCELLANEOUS   PROVISIONS. 

to  city  affairs  shall  be  in  writing,  signed  and  executed  in  the 
name  of  the  city,  by  the  officer  authorized  to  make  the  same, 
after  due  notice ;  and  in  cases  not  otherwise  directed  by  law 
OK  ordinance,  such  shall  be  made  and  entered  into  by 
the  Comptroller,  and  in  no  case  by  the  Assembly  or  any  com- 
mittee thereof.  All  contracts  not  made  by  the  Comptroller, 
shall  be  countersigned  by  the  Comptroller  and  filed  and  regis- 
tered by  number,  date  and  contents,  in  the  Register's  office,  and 
attested  copies  furnished  to  the  Comptroller,  Auditor,  and  such 
other  officers  as  are  interested  in  the  .performance  thereof  as 
required. 

SEC.  8.   Citizens  of  St.  Louis  Exempt  from  Road  Work.— 

The  citizens  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  are  hereby  exempt  from 
working  on  the  roads  or  public  highways  of  the  city,  any  law 
to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

*SEC.  9.  Damage  Suits  Against  the  City— Persons  and 
Corporations,  When  Liable  to  be  Made  Co-Defendants, 
and  Judgments  to  be  First  Enforced  Against  Them.— 

Whenever  the  city  shall  be  made  liable  to  an  action  for  dam- 
ages, by  reason  of  the  unauthorized  or  wrongful  acts,  or  of 
the  negligence,  carelessness  or  unskillfulness  of  any  person  or 
corporation,  and  such  person  or  corporation  shall  also  be  liable 
to  an  action  on  the  same  account  by  the  party  so  injured,  the 
injured  party,  if  he  sue  the  city  for  damages  suffered  by  him, 


*  This  section  held  void  in  Badgley  vs.  St.  Louis,  149  Mo.  122.  Laws  of  1901,  p.  78, 
authorizes  the  city  to  bring  in  co-defendants  in  damage  suits. 

SECTION  1.  Whenever  a  City  of  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  inhabitants 
shall  be  sued  in  any  court  in  this  State  and  the  cause  of  action  on  account  of  which 
said  City  is  sued  shall  arise  from  the  wrongful  and  unauthorized  acts  or  carelessness 
and  negligence  of  any  person  or  corporation  subject  to  service  in  this  State,  and  such 
wrongful  or  unauthorized  acts  or  carelessness  and  negligence  shall  also  make  such 
person  or  corporation  liable  to  any  action  by  the  plaintiff  on  the  same  account  as  such 
City  is  sued  for,  such  City  may,  within  fifteen  days  after  the  first  day  of  the  next  term 
of  court  after  the  service  of  the  writ  of  summons,  file  a  motion,  in  writing,  in  said  case, 
notifying  the  plaintiff  therein  to  make  such  person  or  corporation  a  party  defendant 
in  said  suit  in  accordance  with  the  facts  constituting  the  liability  of  such  person  or 
corporation,  which  facts  said  City  shall  set  forth  in  said  notice,  and  shall  verify  the 
same  by  affidavit.  The  plaintiff  in  said  suit  shall  then  proceed  to  join  such  person  or 
corporation  as  a  party  defendant  in  said  suit,  in  accordance  with  the  facts  set  forth 
in  said  notice,  and  such  suit  shall  not  be  prosecuted  against  said  City  until  such  per- 
son or  corporation  is  made  a  co-defendant  with  such  City;  Provided,  however,  that  in 
case  the  facts  set  forth  in  said  notice  do  not  make  such  person  or  corporation  named 
therein  liable  to  an  action  on  the  same  account  as  such  City  is  sued  for  in  such  case, 
said  plaintiff  may  file  a  motion  to  strike  out  said  notice,  and  if  said  motion  shall  be 
sustained  by  the  court,  then  the  plaintiff  in  such  case  may  proceed  against  defendant 
City  alone,  as  if  said  notice  had  not  been  filed;  and  provided  further,  that  if  the 
plaintiff  shall  make  such  person  or  corporation  as  may  be  named  in  said  notice  a 
party  defendant  in  said  suit  and  shall  have  caused  summons  to  be  issued  for  such 
person  or  corporation,  and  such  person  or  corporation  rannot  be  served  with  process 
by  the  officer  to  whom  such  writ  is  directed,  then  the  plaintiff  in  such  case  may  pro- 
ceed against  the  City  alone. 


150  CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XVI. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

shall  also  join  such  other  person  or  persons  or  corporation  so 
liable,  if  residing  in  the  State,  so  that  they  can  be  served  with 
process,  as  a  defendant  or  defendants  in  his  suit,  and  no  judg- 
ment shall  be  rendered  against  the  city  unless  judgment  is 
rendered  against  such  other  person  or  corporation  so  liable 
to  be  sued  as  aforesaid ;  and  if  any  action  be  brought  against 
the  city  alone,  and  it  is  made  to  appear  that  any  person  or 
corporation  ought  to  be  joined  as  a  defendant  in  the  suit, 
according  to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  the  plaintiff  shall 
be  non -suited;  but  no  person  shall  be  liable  under  this  act  to 
be  sued  jointly  with  the  city,  who  would  not  be  liable  to  be 
sued  separately,  irrespective  of  its  provisions.  When  a  judg- 
ment shall  be  obtained  against  the  city  and  the  other  party 
liable  as  aforesaid,  execution  shall  issue  against  all  the  de- 
fendants in  the  ordinary  form,  but  shall  first  be  enforced  and 
collected  of  the  other  defendants,  and  shall  not  be  collected 
of  the  city  unless  the  other  defendants  are  so  insolvent  that  the 
same  can  not  be  made  out  of  them,  and  in  that  case  the  city 
shall  pay  only  so  much  of  the  judgment  as  can  not  be  made 
out  of  the  other  defendants. 

SEC.  10.  Regulation  of  Public  Processions.— The 
Municipal  Assembly  shall  provide  by  ordinance  for  the  regu- 
lation of  public  processions  so  as  to  prevent  interference  with 
public  traffic,  and  to  promote  the  good  order  of  the  city. 

SEC.  11.  Penalty  for  Voting-  in  Favor  of  or  Allowing 
Unauthorized  Claims— Penalty  for  the  Misapplication 
of  Public  Funds. — Any  member  or  officer  of  either  house  of 
the  Assembly,  and  any  officer  of  the  city,  and  any  member  or 
officer  of  any  board  organized  under  or  in  connection  with  the 
city  government  pursuant  to  any  law  of  this  State,  who  shall 
in  his  official  capacity,  or  under  color  of  his  office,  knowingly 
or  willfully,  or  corruptly  vote  for,  assent  to,  or  report  in  favor 
of,  or  allow  or  certify  for  allowance,  any  claim  or  demand 
against  the  city  or  any  department  thereof,  or  against  any  such 
board  as  above  mentioned,  which  claim  or  demand  shall  be  on 
account  or  under  color  of  any  contract  or  agreement  not 
authorized  by  or  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  this  Char- 
ter, or  any  claim  or  demand  against  the  city  or  any  depart- 


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MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

ment  thereof,  or  any  such  board  as  aforesaid,  which  claim  or 
demand,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  for  work  not  in  fact 
performed  for  and  by  authority  of  said  city  or  such  board,  or 
for  supplies  for  materials  not  actually  furnished  thereto,  pur- 
suant to  law  or  ordinance,  and  every  such  member  or  officer 
as  aforesaid,  who  shall  knowingly  vote  for,  assent  to,  assist  or 
otherwise  permit  or  aid  in  the  disbursement  or  disposition  of 
any  money  or  property  belonging  to  the  city  or  any  depart- 
ment thereof,  or  held  by  or  in  charge  of  any  such  board  as 
aforesaid,  to  any  other  than  the  specific  use  or  purpose  for 
which  such  money  or  property  shall  be,  or  shall  have  been  re- 
ceived or  appropriated,  or  collected  or  authorized  by  law  to  be 
collected,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  city  jail  for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by 
fine  of  not  less  than  two  thousand,  nor  more  than  ten  thousand 
dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  city  jail  for  not  less  than  six  months,  and  by  fine 
of  not  less  than  five  hundred,  nor  more  than  five  thousand 
dollars. 

SEC.  12.  Penalty  for  Violation  of  Provisions  of  Char- 
ter. — Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Charter,  for  the  violation  of  which  no  punishment  has  been 
provided  therein,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall 
be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by 
punishment  (imprisonment)  in  the  county  jail  not  exceeding 
one  year. 

SEC..  13.  Oath  of  Office. — Each  member  of  the  Assembly 
and  officer  of  the  city,  or  of  any  board  thereunder,  shall,  before 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  take  and  subscribe  an 
oath  or  affirmation  that  he  will  support  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States  and  of  this  State,  and  that  he  is  not  subject  to 
any  of  the  disqualifications  enumerated  in  this  Charter,  and 
that  he  will  demean  himself  faithfully  in  office. 

SEC.  14.  Records  of  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  to 
be  Open  to  Inspection. — The  journal  and  books  of  the  Board 
of  Police  Commissioners,  required  by  law  to  be  kept  by  them, 
and  all  documents  relating  to  their  office,  shall  always  be  open 
to  the  inspection  of  the  Comptroller  and  Municipal  Assembly 


152  CITY  CHARTER— ARTICLE  XVI. 

MISCELLANEOUS   PROVISIONS. 

of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  and  of  any  committee  appointed  by  it 
for  that  purpose. 

SEC.  15.  City  Counselor  and  Attorney  to  Furnish 
Legal  Advice  to  Police  Commissioners. — The  City  Counselor 
and  Attorney  shall  furnish  the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners 
with  the  legal  advice  and  services  desired  by  them,  and  the 
said  Board  shall  not  employ  any  other  at  the  city's  expense. 

*SEC.  16.  Expenses  of  Police  Force  to  be  Paid  Out  of 
City  Treasury. — All  claims  against  the  Board  of  Police  Com- 
missioners, including-  salaries,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  city 
treasury  in  the  same  manner  as  other  claims  against  the  city 
are  paid ;  and  said  claims  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  President 
and  Secretary  of  said  Board,  and  audited  as  provided  in  this 
Charter  for  claims  against  the  city;  and  all  acts  or  parts  of 
acts  inconsistent  with  or  in  conflict  with  this  section  are  hereby 
repealed. 

SEC.  17.  Assembly  to  Fix  Salaries  of  Officers— In- 
crease of  Salary  Forbidden  During1  Term. — The  Municipal 
Assembly  shall  fix  the  salaries  of  all  elective  or  appointive 
officers  of  the  city  and  their  assistants  or  deputies,  and  also  of 
all  clerks  that  may  be  employed  by  the  city  in  any  of  its  offices 
or  departments,  and  may  increase  or  diminish  the  same  by  ordi- 
nance, except  in  cases  where  otherwise  provided  in  this  Char- 
ter: Provided,  that  no  such  increase  shall  be  made  during  the 
term  for  which  any  such  officer  or  assistant  or  clerk  may  be 
elected  or  appointed. 

SEC.  18.  Limitation  of  Salaries,  Fees,  Etc.,  to  be  Paid 
into  Treasury— Salaries  to  be  Paid  Monthly. — The  annual 
salary  of  no  officer  of  the  city  shall  exceed  the  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars,  nor  of  any  assistant  or  deputy  exceed  the  sum 
of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars,  nor  of  any  clerk  the  sum  of 
eighteen  hundred  dollars ;  and  all  fees,  perquisites  and  emolu- 
ments of  such  officers  shall  be  paid  over  monthly  to  the  Treas- 
urer, and  all  such  salaries  shall  be  paid  monthly,  as  may  be 
provided  by  ordinance. 


*  Metropolitan  police,  act  of  March  15,  1899,  now  sections  6209  et  seq.,  2  R.  S.  Mo. 
1899. 


CITY  CHARTER — ARTICLE  XVI.  153 

MISCELLANEOUS   PROVISIONS. 

SEC.  19.  Amendments  to  Charter  to  be  Submitted  to 
People. — When  amendments  to  this  Charter  are  proposed,  they 
shall  be  submitted  separately  to  a  vote  of  the  people. 

SEC.  20.  Existing-  City  Officers  Continued  in  Office 
Until  April,  1877. — All  the  present  city  officers,  except  where 
otherwise  provided  in  this  Charter  and  in  the  Scheme,  are 
hereby  continued  in  office  until  the  election  provided  herein  to 
be  held  in  April,  1877,  and  until  their  successors  are  qualified. 
NOTE. — The  Scheme  and  Charter  were  ratified  by  the 
voters  at  an  election  held  on  August  22,  1876,  and  the  same 
became  the  organic  law  of  the  county  and  city  sixty  days  there- 
after, namely,  on  October  22,  1876. 


PROVISIONS    OF     CONSTITUTION 

IN  REFERENCE  TO 

SCHEME  AND  CHARTER. 


The  following  are  the  provisions  of  Article  IX  of  the 
State  Constitution  under  which  the  Scheme  and  Charter  were 
prepared  and  adopted : 

SECTION  20.  Extension  of  Limits— Adoption  of  Char- 
ter. — The  City  of  St.  Louis  may  extend  its  limits  so  as  to  em- 
brace the  parks  now  without  its  boundaries,  and  other  con- 
venient and  contiguous  territory,  and  frame  a  Charter  for  the 
government  of  the  city  thus  enlarged,  upon  the  following  con- 
ditions, that  is  to  say:  The  Council  of  the  city  and  County 
Court  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis  shall,  at  the  request  of  the 
Mayor  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis,  meet  in  joint  session  and  order 
an  election,  to  be  held  as  provided  for  general  elections,  by  the 
qualified  voters  of.  the  city  and  county  of  a  Board  of  thirteen 
Freeholders  of  such  city  or  county,  whose  duty  shall  be  to 
propose  a  Scheme  for  the  enlargement  and  definition  of  the 
boundaries  of  the  city,  the  reorganization  of  the  government 
of  the  county,  the  adjustment  of  the  relations  between  the  city 
thus  enlarged  and  the  residue  of  St.  Louis  County,  and  the 
government  of  the  city  thus  enlarged,  by  a  Charter  in  harmony 
with  and  subject  to  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  Missouri, 
which  shall,  among  other  things,  provide  for  a  chief  executive 
and  two  houses  of  legislation,  one  of  which  shall  be  elected  by 
general  ticket,  which  Scheme  and  Charter  shall  be  signed  in 
duplicate  by  said  Board  or  a  majority  of  them,  and  one  of 
them  returned  to  the  Mayor  of  the  city  and  the  other  to  the 
presiding  justice  of  the  County  Court  within  ninety  days  after 
the  election  of  such  Board.  Within  thirty  days  thereafter  the 
City  Council  and  County  Court  shall  submit  such  Scheme  to 
the  qualified  voters  of  the  whole  county,  and  such  Charter  to 
the  qualified  voters  of  the  city  so  enlarged,  at  an  election  to 
be  held  not  less  than  twenty  nor  more  than  thirty  days  after 
the  order  therefor;  and  if  a  majority  of  such  qualified  voters, 


156  CONSTITUTIONAL  PROVISIONS. 

voting  at  such  election,  shall  ratify  such  Scheme  and  Charter, 
then  such  Scheme  shall  become  the  organic  law  of  the  county 
and  city,  and  such  Charter  the  organic  law  of  the  city,  and 
at  the  end  of  sixty  days  thereafter  shall  take  the  place  of  and 
supersede  the  Charter  of  St.  Louis  and  all  amendments  thereof, 
and  all  special  laws  relating  to  St.  Louis  County  inconsistent 
with  such  Scheme. 

SEC.  21.    Authentication  of  Charter— Judicial  Notice. 

— A  copy  of  such  Scheme  and  Charter,  with  a  certificate 
thereto  appended,  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  authenticated  by 
the  seal  of  the  city,  and  also  signed  by  the  presiding  justice  of 
the  County  Court  and  authenticated  by  the  seal  of  the  county, 
setting  forth  the  submission  of  such  Scheme  and  Charter  to 
the  qualified  voters  of  such  county  and  city,  and  its  ratification 
by  them,  shall  be  made  in  duplicate,  one  of  which  shall  be 
deposited  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  the  other, 
after  being  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  Recorder  of  Deeds 
of  St.  Louis  County,  shall  be  deposited  among  the  archives  of 
the  city,  and  thereafter  all  courts  shall  take  judicial  notice 
thereof. 

SEC.  22.  Amendment  of  Charter.— The  Charter  so 
ratified  may  be  amended  at  intervals  of  not  less  than  two  years, 
by  proposals  therefor,  submitted  by  the  law-making  authorities 
of  the  city  to  the  qualified  voters  thereof  at  a  general  or  special 
election,  held  at  least  sixty  days  after  the  publication  of  such 
proposals,  and  accepted  by  at  least  three-fifths  of  the  qualified 
voters  voting  thereat. 

SEC.  23.  Miscellaneous  Provisions  Under  Said  Char- 
ter.— Such  Charter  and  amendments  shall  always  be  in  har- 
mony with  and  subject  to  the  Constitution  and  laws  of  Mis- 
souri, except  only  that  provision  may  be  made  for  the  gradua- 
tion of  the  rate  of  taxation  for  city  purposes  in  the  portions 
of  the  city  which  are  added  thereto  by  the  proposed  enlarg- 
ment  of  its  boundaries.  In  the  adjustment  of  the  relations 
between  city  and  county,  the  city  shall  take  upon  itself  the 
entire  park  tax ;  and  in  consideration  of  the  city  becoming  the 
proprietor  of  all  the  county  buildings  and  property  within  its 
enlarged  limits,  it  shall  assume  the  whole  of  the  existing  county 
debt,  and  thereafter  the  City  and  County  of  St.  Louis  shall  be 
independent  of  each  other.  The  city  shall  be  exempted  from 


CONSTITUTIONAL  PROVISIONS.  157 

all  county  taxation.  The  judges  of  the  County  Court  shall  be 
elected  by  the  qualified  voters  outside  of  the  city.  The  city,  as 
enlarged,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  representation  in  the 
General  Assembly,  collect  the  State  revenue  and  perform  all 
other  functions  in  relation  to  the  State,  in  the  same  manner,  as 
if  it  were  a  county  as  in  this  Constitution  defined;  and  the 
residue  of  the  county  shall  remain  a  legal  county  of  the  State 
of  Missouri,  under  the  name  of  the  County  of  St.  Louis.  Until 
the  next  apportionment  for  Senators  and  Representatives  in 
the  General  Assembly,  the  city  shall  have  six  Senators  and 
fifteen  Representatives,  and  the  county  one  Senator  and  two 
Representatives,  the  same  being  the  number  of  Senators  and 
Representatives  to  which  the  County  of  St.  Louis,  as  now 
organized,  is  entitled  under  Sections  eight  and  eleven  of  Article 
IV  of  this  Constitution. 

SEC.  24.  Courts  of  St.  Louis  County.— The  County  and 
City  of  St.  Louis,  as  now  existing,  shall  continue  to  constitute 
the  Eighth  Judicial  Circuit,  and  the  jurisdiction  of  all  courts 
of  record,  except  the  County  Court,  shall  continue  until  other- 
wise provided  by  law. 

SEC.  25.  Subordination  of  St.  Louis.— Notwithstanding 
the  provisions  of  this  article,  the  General  Assembly  shall  have 
the  same  power  over  the  City  and  County  of  St.  Louis  that  it 
has  over  other  cities  and  counties  of  this  State. 

ARTICLE  X. 

SEC.    12.      Municipal    Indebtedness,    Limit    of.  — No 

county,  city,  town,  township,  school  district  or  other 
political  corporation  or  subdivision  of  the  State,  shall 
be  allowed  to  become  indebted  in  any  manner  or  for  any  pur- 
pose to  any  amount  exceeding  in  any  year  the  income  and 
revenue  provided  for  such  year,  without  the  assent  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  voters  thereof  voting  at  an  election  to  be  held  for 
that  purpose ;  nor  in  cases  requiring  such  assent  shall  any 
indebtedness  be  allowed  to  be  incurred  to  an  amount  including 
existing  indebtedness,  in  the  aggregate  exceeding  five  per 
centum  on  the  value  of  the  taxable  property  therein,  to  be 
ascertained  by  the  assessment  next  before  the  last  assessment 
for  State  and  county  purposes,  previous  to  the  incurring  of 
such  indebtedness :  Provided,  That  with  such  assent  any 


158  CONSTITUTIONAL  PROVISIONS. 

county  may  be  allowed  to  become  indebted  to  a  larger  amount 
for  the  erection  of  a  court  house  or  jail.  And  provided  further, 
That  any  county,  city,  town,  township,  school  district,  or  other 
political  corporation  or  subdivision  of  the  State,  incurring  any 
indebtedness,  requiring  the  assent  of  the  voters  as  aforesaid, 
shall,  before  or  at  the  time  of  doing  so,  provide  for  the  collection 
of  an  annual  tax  sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  on  such  indebted- 
ness as  it  falls  due,  and  also  to  constitute  a  sinking  fund  for 
payment  of  the  principal  thereof,  within  twenty  years  from  the 
time  of  contracting  the  same. 

*And  provided  further,  that  the  corporate  authorities  of 
the  City  of  St.  Louis  are  hereby  authorized  to  issue  interest- 
bearing  bonds  of  said  city  in  the  amount  of  five  million  dollars, 
at  a  rate  of  interest  not  to  exceed  four  per  cent  per  annum, 
the  principal  payable  within  thirty  years  from  the  date  of  their 
issue,  and  the  proceeds  thereof  shall  be  paid  to  the  corporation 
organized  for  the  celebration  of  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Cen- 
tennial in  said  city,  to  be  used  by  said  corporation  for  said 
celebration,  in  holding  a  World's  Fair  or  Exposition  in  said 
city.  And  said  corporate  authorities  of  St.  Louis  shall  be  re- 
paid as  large  a  proportionate  amount  of  the  aid  given  them  as 
shall  be  repaid  to  the  stockholders  of  said  corporation  on  the 
sum  subscribed  and  paid  by  them,  and  any  surplus  remaining 
from  the  assets  of  said  corporation  after  said  stockholders  and 
said  city  shall  have  been  paid  in  full,  shall  be  divided  between 
.said  stockholders  and  said  city  in  proportion  to  the  aggregate 
amount  of  said  stocks  so  paid  in  and  the  amount  so  loaned  by 
said  city;  and  any  amount  so  received  by  said  city  from  said 
corporation  shall  be  paid  into  the  sinking  fund  of  said  city  for 
the  redemption  of  its  outstanding  bonds :  Provided,  that  if  at 
the  election  for  the  adoption  of  this  amendment  to  the  Consti- 
tution a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  within  the  limits  of  said 
City  of  St.  Louis  voting  for  and  against  this  amendment,  shall 
be  against  its  adoption,  then  no  bonds  shall  be  issued  under 
this  amendment ;  and  provided  further,  that  no  such  indebted- 
ness so  created  shall  be  in  any  part  thereof  paid  by  the  State 
or  from  any  State  revenue,  tax  or  fund,  but  the  same  shall  be 
paid  by  the  City  of  St.  Louis  alone. 

*This  portion  of  the  section  is  an  amendment  to  the  constitution  adopted  by 
vote  of  the  people  of  the  State  and  of  the  city  at  the  general  election  held  on  Novem- 
ber 6,  1900. 


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A. 

ABSTRACTS—  SEC.  PAGE. 

of  assessment  books,  etc.,  for  new  County  ...........       8        11 

of  assessment  to  be  sworn  to  ......................       8        12 

of  assessment  delivered  to  Mayor,  when  .............       8        12 

ACT— 

establishing  jury  system  to  remain  in  force  .........     30        19 

ADMISSIONS— 

to  Poor  House  and  Insane  Asylum  by  County  Court.     25        19 
ANIMALS— 

running   at  large   of,  prohibited  ....................     35        21 

running  at  large  of,  on  uninclosed  public  lands  ex- 

cepted   ........................  ................     35        22 

taking  up  and  restraint  of  estrays  ..................     35        22 

ARBITRATORS— 

for  valuation  of  school  property,  how  appointed  ......     36        22 

ASSESSMENT— 

of  taxes  for  1877,  how  made  ......  ..................       8        12 

ASSESSOR— 

of  County,  when  elected  ............................       3          8 

of  County,  to  be  governed  by  general  law  ...........       8        13 

ASYLUM— 

for  insane  transferred  to  City  ......................     10        13 

ATTORNEYS— 

[see   Circuit   Attorney,    etc.]    .................  '  .....     26        19 

AUDITOR— 

of  former  County,  office  abolished  ...................       8        12 

of  former  County,  to  turn  over  books,  moneys,  etc...       8        12 
of  former  County,  to  account  for  school  moneys  ......     13        15 

of  City  to  keep  accounts  showing  sources  of  payments     32        20 
AUTHORITY— 

of  County  Court  annulled  ..........................       2          8 

of  Mayor  over  appointees  of  County  Court  ..........       9        13 


BALANCE— 

of  cash  in  County  treasury,  how  divided  ............     13        15 

BOARD  OF  FINANCE— 

of  whom  composed  .................................     13        14 

duties   of    .  ........................     13         15 


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BOARD  OF  FREEHOLDERS—  SEC.  PAGE. 

expenses  of,  how  paid 39  24 

BOARD  OF  POLICE  COMMISSIONERS— 

to  appoint  special  force  for  County,  when 14  16 

BOARD  OF  PRESIDENT  AND  DIRECTORS  OF  ST.  LOUIS 
PUBLIC  SCHOOLS— 

duties  of,  in  relation  to  division  of  school  property ...  36  22 

may  appoint  arbitrator 36  23 

may  apply  to  Circuit  Court  to  appoint  arbitrator,  when  36  23 

title  of  school  property  to  be  vested  in,  when 37  23 

shall  order  enumeration  of  children,  when 38  23 

to  receive  school  property  within  extended  limits. ...  38  24 

public  officers  to  account  for  all  school  moneys 38  24 

[see  Public  Schools.] 

BONDS— 

of  County  officers  to  be  fixed  by  Court 3  9 

of  Sheriff  of  City 5  10 

of  Coroner  of  City 5  10 

of  Public  Administrator 5  10 

to  be  approved  by  Mayor,  when 5  10 

to  be  filed  with  City  Register,  when 5  10 

of  Constable  to  be  approved  by  Mayor 15  16 

BOUNDARIES— 

of  City  of  St.   Louis 1  6 

of  County  of  bt.  Louis  indicated 1  6 


O 

CIRCUIT  ATTORNEYS — 

to  continue  in  office  until  end  of  terms 26         19 

CITY— 

declared  separated  from  County 2 

offices  declared  vacant  from  April,  1877 12         14 

officers  of  to  qualify  under  Charter 12        14 

officers,   duties   of 12        14 

right  to  sue  for  debts  due  County 13         14 

officers  to  assist  in  carrying  out  scheme 20        17 

may  purchase  and  hold  real  estate  in  County 21         17 

to  pay  salaries  of  judicial  officers  proportionately. .  22         18 

temporary  arrangements  to  pay  such  salaries 22         18 

CLERKS— 

of  County  Court,  when  elected 3 

of   County   Court  Clerk   to   be    ex-oflicio   Recorder   of 

Deeds    3 

of  County  Court  to  certify  result  of  election,  when. . .  19         17 

of  Criminal  Court  continued  in  office 26         19 

of  Court  of  Criminal  Correction  continued  in  office.'..  26         19 


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COLLECTOR—                                                                                SEC.  PAGE. 
of  City  to  discharge  duties  of  former  State  and  County 

Collector    ' 8  11 

duties  as  to  tax-bills  on  property  intersected  by  City 

limits     23  18 

COLLECTIONS— 

of  public  moneys  to  be  paid  into  City  treasury 32  20 

of  public  moneys,  payments  to  be  made  monthly 32  20 

of  public  moneys,  triplicate  receipts  to  be  taken 32  20 

COMMISSIONERS— 

to  determine  County  seat 3  9 

COMPTROLLER— 

to  act  as  Mayor,  when 12  14 

Member  of  Board  of  Finance 13  14 

to  examine  and  stamp  tax-bills 23  18 

to    cancel   old   tax-bills 23  18 

CONSTABLES— 

for  County,  when  ele'cted 3  9 

to  hold  to  end  of  terms 15  16 

vacancies  to  be  filled  in  November,  1876.' 15  16 

those  elected  in  City  to  be  commissioned  by  Mayor. .  15  16 

h  ^nds  of,  to  be  approved  by  Mayor 15  16 

record  of  bonds  to  be  kept  by  Register 15  16 

CONSIDERATION— 

by  City,  for  transfer  of  County  property 10  13 

CORONER— 

of  County,  when  elected 3  8 

of  City,  when  elected 5  10 

bond  of,  to  be  fixed  by  Municipal  Assembly 5  10 

of  City,  duties  and  compensation  of 5  10 

of  City,  to  discharge  duties  of  Sheriff,  when... 5  10 

CORPORATE  LIMITS— 

of  City , 1  6 

COSTS— 

in  criminal  cases,  how  paid 29  19 

COUNTY  COURT— 

authority  of  former  court  annulled 2  8 

powers,  duties,  etc 3  8 

of  new  County,  first  meeting  of 3  9 

manner  of  selecting  seat  of  justice 3  9 

of  former  County  to  order  election,  when 4  9 

of  former  County  to  continue  in  authority  for  certain 

purposes 4  9 

of  former  County  responsible  for  property  until  trans- 
ferred      4  10 

of  former  County  to  transfer  buildings,  moneys,  etc., 

to  City    .  9  13 


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COUNTY  COURT  —  Continued.  SEC.  PAGE. 
of  former  County,  to  transfer  records,  books,  etc.,  to 

City  Register    ...............  .  .................  9  13 

of  new  County,  may  appoint  surveyors  ..............  16  16 

of  new  County,  to  pay  proportion  of  salaries  of  judicial 

officers    .......................................  22  18 

of  new  County,  may  grant  admissions  to  Poor  House 

and  Insane  Asylum    ...........................  25  19 

of  new  County,  shall  pay  for  maintenance  of  paupers, 

when    .........................................  25  19 

COUNTY— 

officers  of,  when  elected  ............................  3  8 

officers  of,  duties  and  terms  of  office  ................  3  8 

divided  into  two  judicial  districts  ...................  3  8 

divided  into  two  representative  districts  ............  3  8 

Marshal  of,  to  deliver  property,  etc.,  to  City  Marshal.  6  11 

Auditor,  office  of,  abolished  ...........  ;  .............  8  12 

jail  of,  transferred  to  City  ...........................  10  13 

debt  of,  assumed  by  City  ...........................  10  13 

debt  to  be  considered  a  City  debt  ...................  11  14 

debt  to  be  transferred  to  books  of  City  ..............  11  14. 

Auditor  of,  to  account  for  school  moneys  ............  13  15 

debts  and  obligations  of,  payable  to  City  ............  13  15 

right  to  sue  for  or  adjust  same,  vested  in  City  .......  13  15 

officers  of,  to  assist  in  carrying  out  Scheme  .........  20  17 

compensation  of  officers  of,  to  remain  unchanged  ....  20  17 

COURT  OF  APPEALS— 

may  appoint  judges  of  election,  when  ...............  19  17 

COURT   HOUSE— 

transferred   to    City  ................................  10  13 

CURRENT  EXPENSES— 

of  County  to  date  of  separation,  how  paid  ............  13  15 


DEBT— 

of  County,  assumed  by  City  ...........  10  13 

debts  due  to  former  County  payable  to  City  ..........  13  IS 

DISTRICTS— 

two  judicial  districts  established  in  County  .........  3  8 

two  representative  districts  established  in  County  ....  3  8 

DUTIES— 

of  County  officers  ..................................  3  8 

of  City  officers,  after  adoption  of  Scheme  ............  12  14 


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ELECTION  —  SEC.  PAGE. 

of    County    officers  .................................  3  8 

of  Justices  of  County  Court  .........................  3  8 

to  determine  County  seat  ...........................  3  9 

for  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  Constables  in  County  ...  3  9 

in  November,  1876,   how   ordered...  ................  4  9 

for  Sheriff  of  City  .................................  5  10 

for  Coroner  of  City  ................................  5  10 

for  Public  Administrator  of  City  ....................  5  10 

in  November,  1876,  judges  of,  how  appointed  ........  19  17 

returns,  where  made  ............................  ...  19  17 

ENUMERATION— 

of  children  within  school  ages  to  be  made,  when.  ...  38  23; 


FINES— 

to   be   paid  into   County   treasury,  when  ............     32         21 

FORFEITURES— 

to  be  paid  into  County  treasury,  when  ................     32         21 


GRAND  JURY— 

how  selected  and  summoned  \  .......................     27         19 

how  paid    .........................................     28         19 

I 

INSANE  PAUPERS— 

admission  to  asylum,  etc  ...........................     25         19 

INSTITUTIONS— 

Municipal  Assembly  shall  provide  for  maintenance  of.       9         13 
County  institutions  transferred  to  City  ..............     10         13 

Municipal  Assembly  shall  provide  for  management  of.     10         13 

J 

JAIL— 

transferred    to    City  ................................  10  13 

JUDICIAL  DISTRICTS— 

established  of  in  County  ............................  3  8 

JURY— 

[see  Grand   Jury]  ..................................  27  19 

[see  Petit  Jurors]  ..................................  30  19 

system   to    remain   unchanged  ......................  30  20 

Commissioner  continued  in  office..  30  20. 


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JUSTICES  OF  COUNTY  COURT—  SEC.  PAGE. 

members  of  new  court,  when  elected  ................  3  8 

powers,    duties,    etc  ................................  3  8 

Presiding  Justice  to  be  elected  at  large  .............  3  8 

manner  of  selecting  seat  of  justice  .................  3  9 

members  from  the  fifth  and  sixth  districts  to  act  on 

Board  of  Finance  ..............................  13  14 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE— 

Justices  in  County,  when  elected  ...................  3  9 

to  hold  until  end  of  terms  ..........................  15  16 

vacancies  to  be  filled  November,  1876  ...............  15  16 

those  elected  in  City  commissioned  by  Mayor  ........  15  16 

JUDGE  OF  CRIMINAL  COURT— 

to  select  Grand  Jury  ...............................  27  19 


MARSHAL— 

of  City  to  assume  duties  of,  etc  .....................  6  10 

of  County  to  deliver  property,  etc  ...................  6  11 

of  City,  powers  of,  within  City  limits  ..............  18  17 

of  City  to  summon  Grand  Jury  .....................  27  19 

of  City  to  summon  petit  jurors  for  Criminal  Courts.  .  30  20 

MAYOR— 

to  order  election  of  certain  officers  .................  5  10 

to  approve  bond  of  certain  officers  ..................  5  10 

to  retain  or  discharge  appointees  of  County  Court.  .  .  .  9  13 

vacancy  in  office,  how  filled  ........................  12  14 

member  of  Board  of  Finance  .......................  13  14 

to  commission  Justices  of  the  Peace,  when  ..........  15  16 

to  commission    Constables,    when  ...................  15  16 

to  approve  bonds  of  Constables  ....................  15  16 

to  approve  bonds  of  Notaries  Public  ...............  15  16 

to    appoint   City    Surveyors  .........................  16  16 

METROPOLITAN  POLICE  — 

[see   Police]    ...................................  ...  14  15 

MONEYS— 

to  be  applied  only  to  purposes  for  which  collected  ....  32  20 

MUNICIPAL  ASSEMBLY— 

to  fix  official  bonds  .................................  5  10 

to  provide  for  government  of  institutions,  etc  .........  9 

to  provide  for  payment  of  County  debt  ........  ".  .....  11 

election  of   ...........  .  ............................  12  14 

term   of  members  ..................................  12  14 

to  exercise  powers  of  former  County  Court  ..........  24  18 

may   appropriate  moneys  ...........................  32 

power  to  create  tribunals,  etc  ......................  34  21 

powers  to  pass  revenue  ordinances  .................  34  21 


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JV 

NOTARIES  PUBLIC—  SEC.  PAGE. 

bonds  to  be  approved  by  Mayor  ....................  15  16 

record  of  bonds  to  be  kept  by  Register  ............  15  16 

those  now  commissioned  to  continue  in  office  ........  17  16 

to  exercise  official  powers  in  City  and  County  ........  17  16 

record  to  be  kept  by  Register,  etc  ...................  17  16 

O 

OFFICERS— 

of  County,  when  elected  ...........................  3  8 

of  City,  when  elected  ............................  5  10 

officers  and  employes  of  County  Court  subject  to  Mayor  9  13 

to  assist  in  carrying  out  Scheme  ....................  20  17 

dues  and  compensation  unchanged,  when  ...........  20  17 

to  pay  collections  into  City  treasury  ................  32  20 

in  default  to  County  to  pay  into  City  treasury  ........  32  21 


PARKS— 

transfer    of  to    City  ................................  10  13 

assumption  of  park  tax  by  City  .....................  10  13 

PAUPERS— 

of  County,  where  sent  .............................  25  19 

PAYMENTS— 

into  City  treasury  ..................................  32  20 

PETIT  JURORS— 

how  selected  and  summoned  ........................  30  19 

for  Circuit  Court  to  be  summoned  by  Sheriff  .........  30  19 

for  Criminal  Courts  to  be  summoned  by  Marshal  .....  30  20 

how  paid    ..........................................  31  20 

PENALTIES— 

payable  to  County  treasury,  when  ..................  32  21 

POLICE— 

of  City,  how  maintained  ...........................  14  15 

power  and   jurisdiction   in   County  .................  14  16 

special  force  for  County,  how  equipped  ..............  14  16 

cost  of  same,  how  paid  ............................  14  16 

POOR  HOUSE— 

transfer  of  to  City  .................................  10  13 

PRESIDENT  OF  BOARD  OF  ASSESSORS— 

declared  a  City  office  ..............................  8  12 

to  divide  books  and  plats  ...........................  8  12 

to  make  abstracts,  when  ...........................  8  12 

to  deliver  books  and  plats,  etc.,  to  County  Assessor.  .  8  13 

shall  make  assessments  for  1877  .  .  812 


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PRESIDENT  OF  BOARD  OP  ASSESSORS  —  Continued.      SEC.  PAGE. 

to  separate  tax  books  for  old  and  new  limits  ........  8  12 

to  turn  over  assessment  books  to  City  officers  ........  8  12 

duty  as  to  tax  bills  intersected  by  City  limits  ......  23  18 

PRESIDING  JUSTICE— 

of  County  to  be  elected  at  large  ...................  3  8 

PROCESS— 

to  be  directed  to  Sheriff  of  City,  when  ...............  18  17 

PROSECUTING  ATTORNEYS— 

of  Eighth  Judicial  Circuit  continued  in  office  .........  26  19 

PUBLIC  ADMINISTRATOR— 

of  County,  when  elected  ...........................  3  8 

of   City,    when    elected  .............................  5  10 

bond  of,  to  be  fixed  by  Municipal  Assembly  .........  5  10 

duties  and  compensation  of  ........................  5  10 

PUBLIC  BUILDINGS— 

transfer  of  to  City  .................................  10  13 

PUBLIC   SCHOOLS— 

revenue  secured  ...................................  13  15 

district  intersected  by  City  .........................  36  22 

property  Sow  adjusted  ..............................  36  22 

valuation  to  be  made  by  arbitrators  ................  36  22 

arbitrators,  how  selected  ...........................  36  22 

valuation  to  be  reported  to  Circuit  Court  ............  36  23 

special    tax    authorized  .............................  36  23 

title  of  school  property  vested  in  Board  of  St.  Louis 

Public  Schools   ................................  37  23 

enumeration  of  children  to  be  taken  ...............  38  23 

report  of  same  to  be  filed  in  Circuit  Court  ...........  38  23 

division  of  property  in  accordance  with  enumeration.  38  23 

moneys  due  County  school  fund,  where  paid  .........  38  24 

o 

QUALIFICATION— 

of  City  officers  under  Charter  ......................  12  14 


RECEIPTS— 

to  be  taken   in  triplicate,  when  ...............  32         20 

where  filed    ....  ...................................  32         20 

to  be  taken  in  duplicate,  when  ..............  32         21 

RECORDER  OF  DEEDS— 

County  Clerk  to  act  ex-offtcio  ........................  3 

for  City,  when  elected  ......  ,  .......................  7         11 

for  former  County,  continued  in  office  ...............  7         11 


INDEX  TO  SCHEME-  167 

REGISTER —  SEC.  PAGE. 

of  City,  duty  of ,  etc 9  13 

to  report  schedule  of  records,  etc.,  to  Mayor 9  13 

to  receive  books,  papers,  etc.,  of  County  Court 9  13 

to  keep  record  of  bonds  of  Constables.  . . . ., 15  16 

to  keep   record    of   Notaries 17  16 

to  keep  record  "of  Notaries'   commissions 17  16 

REPRESENTATIVE   DISTRICTS — 

establishment  of,  in  County 3  8 


SEPARATION— 

of   City    and    County , 2  8 

ST.  LOUIS  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS— 
[see  Public  Schools.] 

SHERIFF— 

of  County,  when  elected 3  8 

of  County,  to  be  ex-officio  Collector 3  8 

of  City,  when  elected 5  10 

bond  of,  to  be  fixed  by  Municipal  Assembly 5  10 

of  City,  duties  and  compensation  of 5  10 

of  City,  vested  with  powers  of  former  Sheriff 18  17 

of  City,  to  execute  writs  within  City  limits 18  17 

of  County,  to  execute  process  of  Courts  of  Record ....  18  17 

of  City,  to  summon  petit  jurors  for  Circuit  Court...  30  19 

of  County,  vested  with  powers  of  former  Collector. .  .  33  21 

of  County,  authorized  to  sell  property  for  taxes 33  21 

of  County,  to  execute  redemptions 33  21 

of  County,  deeds  for  taxes,  where  acknowedged 33  21 

SPECIAL  ELECTION— 

to  determine  County  seat 3  9 

SPECIAL  TAX— 

to  pay  indebtedness  of  school  districts,  when 36  23 

ST.  LOUIS  COURT  OF  APPEALS— 

may  appoint  judges  of  election,  when 19  17 

STATE  AND  COUNTY  COLLECTOR— 

to  hold  to  end  of  term 8  12 

collections,  after  adoption  of  Scheme 8  12 

final  settlement  of   8  12 

STRAYS— 

regulatfons   concerning   same 35  22 

STOCK— 

herding,  etc.,  on  uninclosed  public  lands 35  22 

SURVEYORS— 

of  City,  to  be  appointed  by  Mayor 16  16 

of  City  powers  and  duties  of 16  16 


168  INDEX  TO  SCHEME. 

SURVEYORS  —  Continued.  SEC.  PAGE. 

of  City  applicants  to  produce  testimonials  ...........  16  16 

of  City,  to  give  bond  ..............................  16  16 

of  City,  to  execute  in  county  orders  of  Circuit  Court.  .  16  16 

of  County  to  be  appointed  by  County  Court  ..........  16  16 

of  County  now  commissioned;  continued  in  office  .....  16  16 


TAXES— 

for  1877,  how  assessed  .............................  8  12 

collection  of,  after  separation,  to  whom  paid  .........  8  12 

uncollected  bills,  how  disposed  of  ..............  .....  8  12 

collections  of,  for  school  purposes  ...................  13  15 

collections  of,  on  property  intersected  by  city  limits.  .  23  18 

sale  of  property  for  taxes  in  County  ................  33  21 

TAX-BILLS— 

Collector  of  former  County  to  account  for  same  ......  8  12 

uncollected  bills,  to  whom  turned  over  ...............  8  12 

on  property  intersected  by  city  limits,  how  divided.  23  18 

Comptroller   to   stamp,    etc  .........................  23  18 

Comptroller  to  cancel  old  bills,  etc  ..................  23  18 

TITLE— 

of  public  buildings,  parks,  etc.,  vested  in  City  ........  10  13 

to  school  property,  where  vested  ...................  37  23 

TREASURER— 

of  County,   wnen  elected  ----  .......................  3  8 

of  former  County  to  pay  over  moneys  ...............  8  12 

of  former  County,  term  to  cease,  when  ..............  13  15 

of  City,  accounts  of  to  show  sources  of  payments.  ...  32  20 

V 

VACANCY— 

in  office  of  Mayor,  how  filled  ........................  12  14 

in  City  offices,  when  ...............................  12  14 

in  City  offices,  to  be  filled  by  election,  etc  ...........  12  14 

VALUATION— 

of  school  property,  how  made  ......................  36  22 


WRITS— 

within  city  limits  to  be  executed  by  Sheriff  of  City.  .  .     18        37 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


A 

ABSTRACTS —  SEC.      ART.    PAGE 

of  corrected  assessments  to  be  sent  to  mayor, 

when    26  5  87 

copy  to  be  forwarded  to  state  auditor 26  5  87 

of  proceedings  of  assembly,  to  be  printed ....       2         15         146 
ACCOUNTS— 

[See  Auditor.] 

of  city  to  be  kept  by  double  entry 21          4          66 

auditor  to  examine,  adjust  and  audit 21          4          66 

must  be  certified  to  by  proper  officer  before 

auditing    13  5  82 

auditor  and  comptroller  may  allow 13  5  82 

in  case  of  their  disagreement,  either  one  and 

mayor  may  allow 13  5  82 

all  audited  accounts  to  be  registered  in  comp- 
troller's office 13  5  82 

to  be  filed  and  preserved  in  auditor's  office. . .     13  5  82 

ACTIONS— 

[See  Special  Tax  Bills;  Taxes.] 

city   may  bring  and   defend 1  1  25 

city  counselor  to  prosecute  and  defend 32  4  71 

for  violation  of  city  contracts 46  4          75 

for  false  return  by  marshal 25  6         113 

causes  of,  to  be  unaffected    by    the    Charter, 

when    , 2         16         147 

•     against  city   for   damages 9         16         149 

co-defendants  to  be  brought  in 9         16         149 

ADVERTISING— 

[See  Board    of    Public 'improvements;     Con- 
tracts; Public  Printing;  Public  Work.] 
AFFIRMATION— 

[See  Oath.] 
AGENTS— 

power  to  license  and  tax  real  estate 26          3          50 

financial    26  3  50 

power  to  tax,  license  and  regulate 26  3  51 

insurance    26  3  51 

mercantile    26  3  51 

AIR  FLUES— 

may  order  and  regulate  building  of : . .     26  3  55 


170  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

ALE SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

may  regulate  the  inspection  of 26  3  52 

ALLEYS— 

opening,  widening,  and  altering  same 2  6  96 

condemnation  of  private  property  for 2  6  96 

City  Counselor  to  conduct  proceedings 2  6  96 

damages,  how  assessed 2  6  96 

benefits  to  be  paid,  by  whom 5  6  98 

ordinance  for  improvement  of 14  6  101 

action  of  Board  of   Public   Improvements  on 

alley  improvements    14  6  101 

special  taxation  for  improvement  of 14  6  105 

must  be  established  and  dedicated  before  im- 
provements are  ordered 15  6  105 

(  17  6  106 

repairing,  cleaning,  etc -j  lg  6  ^ 

apportionment  of  cost  of  improvements 18  6  106 

AMENDMENTS  OF  BILLS— 

changing  original  purpose  forbidden 13  3  44 

to  be  incorporated  by  engrossment 15  3  45 

form   of   19  3  46 

AMENDMENTS  OF  CHARTER— 

to  be  submitted  separately  to  the  people 19  16  153 

AMUSEMENTS— 

power  to  tax,  license,  regulate  or  suppress...  26  51 
power     to     restrain     or     prevent     dangerous 

amusements 26  3  51 

ANIMALS— 

may  prevent  driving  through  city 26  3  52 

power  to  prohibit  the  running  at  large  of 26  3  53 

APPEALS— 

respecting  assessment  of  property 24  5 

In  judicial  proceedings  by  city 6  16  148 

mayor  to  execute  bond  for  city 6  16  148 

city  not  required  to  furnish  security 6  16  148 

APPOINTMENTS— 

[See  Mayor;  Offices  and  Officers.] 

of  officers,  assembly  may  provide  for 26  3  53 

OFFICERS   APPOINTED  BY   MAYOR   UNDER  CHARTER 
PROVISIONS — 

City  Counselor    2  4  59 

Superintendent  House  of  Refuge 2  4  59 

Superintendent  Work  House 2  4  59 

Commissioner  of   Supplies 2  4  59 

Assessor  and  Collector  of  Water  Rates 2  4  59 

Superintendent  of  Fire  and  Police  Telegraph.  2  4  59 

Jailer    ......  2  4  59 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  171 

APPOINTMENTS—  Continued.                                      SEC.  ART.    PAGE. 
OFFICERS  APPOINTED   BY  MAYOR  UNDER  CHARTER 

PROVISIONS  —  Continued  . 

(  2  )   Police  Justices  .........................       2  4  59 

City  Attorney  ..............................       2  4  50 

(5)  Commissioners  on  Charitable  Institutions.       2  4  59 

(2  4  59 

(10)    District  Assessors  .....................  -^   15  ,.    •       82 

Street  Commissioner    .......................       3  4  59 

Sewer  Commissioner  ........................       3  4  59 

3  4  59 
Water  Commissioner 

f     3  4  59 


C     3  4 

^     _.  _ 

f 
Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner  ...........  *{ 

i     &  y         1^0 

(3  4  59 

Park   Commissioner    .......................  ,\     ., 

/       1  o  IZu 

Gas  Commissioner,  when  ....................       4  4  60 

r     5  4  60 

May  fill  vacancies,  when  ....................  J     8  4  61 

(49  4  77 

Chief  of  Fire  Department.  ...................       1         11         133 

Health   Commissioner    ......................       1         12         135 

(2)  Members  of  Board  of  Health  .............       2         12         135 

Superintendent  of  City  Hospital  ..............       5         12         137 

Superintendent  of  Female  Hospital  ...........       5        12        137 

Superintendent  of  Insane  Asylum  ............       5         12         137 

Superintendent  of  Quarantine  ................       5         12         137 

OFFICERS  APPOINTED  BY  MAYOR  UNDER  PROVISIONS 

OF  MUNICIPAL  CODE  — 
Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings  ...........       5 

Board    of   Appeals   from   Commissioner   of   Public 

Buildings  (3)  one  every  year  ..............   246 

City  Chemist  ...............................   478 

Superintendent  of  Poor  House  ................   794 

Clerk  for  First  District  Police  Court  ..........  1192 

Clerk  for  Second  District  Police  Court  .......  1192 

Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Police  Court  south  of 

Arsenal  Street   ..........      .............  1240 

Clerk  for  Police  Court  south  of  Arensal  Street.  1241 
Attorney   for  Police   Court,   south   of  Arsenal 

Street    .................................  1242 

Assistant  City  Attorney  .....................  1264 

Associate  City  Counselor  ....................  1276 

Second  Associate  City  Counselor  ..............  1279 

Assistant  City   Counselor  ....................  1281 

Market  Master  Union  Market  ................  1356 

Market  Master  Soulard  Market.  .  .  .1356 


172  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

APPOINTMENTS— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

OFFICERS  APPOINTED  BY  MAYOR  UNDER  PROVISIONS 
OF  MUNICIPAL  CODE — Continued. 

Market  Master  South  Market 1356 

Inspector  of  Boilers  and  Elevators. .2196 

(2)  Members  of  Board  of  Engineers 2201 

(3)  Auditing  Committee  2273 

Weigher  of  Scales,  North  Levee ; .  2410 

Weigher  of  Scales,  South  Levee 2410 

Weigher  of  Scales,  City  Market 2410 

Weigher  of  Scales,  Bridge 2410 

Weigher  of  Scales,  Thorpe 2410 

Lumber  Inspector  and  Deputies,  when 2447 

OFFICERS  APPOINTED  BY  MAYOR  UNDER  ORDINANCE 
PROVISIONS—  ORDINANCE. 

Factory  Inspector    20074 

Smoke  Inspector  and  Five  Deputies. ..  .20583 

City  Bacteriologist 20640 

UNDER  STATUTORY  PROVISIONS — 

Board  of  Managers  of  House  of  Refuge  (4)  one 
to  be  appointed  each  year    (2   R.   S.  Mo. 
1890,  page  2553  and  Sec.  432,  M.  Code.) 
APPROPRIATIONS— 

powers  of  assembly  to  make 26  3  49 

for   charitable    purposes    forbidden 33          3          57 

to  be  in  conformity  with  constitution 9  5  81 

limitations   of  appropriations 10  5  81 

payments  on,  not  to  exceed  unexpended  bal- 
ance          11  5  81 

ordinances  involving  expenditures    to    be    in- 
dorsed by  comptroller 12  5  81 

of  money,  can  only  be  by  ordinance 14          5          82. 

to  pay  damages  in  condemnation  proceedings.     10  6         100 

for  public  sewers   20  6         108 

for  public  work    28  6         118 

for  improvement  and  maintenance  of  parks. .       3  8         125 

annual,  for  payment  of  bonds  and  interest.  ...       2         14         143 
ARCHITECTS— 

power  to  license 26  3  51 

AREA  RULE— 

14  6         102 

6         107 

in  special  taxation,  when (     20  6         107 

6         109 
6         110 
ARTISTS— 

power  to  tax,  license  and  regulate 26  3  50 


(  " 

18 

/  20 
21 
22 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  173 

ASHES —  SEC.     ART.  PAGE. 

power  to  direct  the  safe  deposit  of 26  3  55 

ASSEMBLY— 

[See  Council;   House  of  Delegates;    Municipal 

Assembly.] 
ASSEMBLAGE— 

disorderly,     may     be     restrained     and     pre- 
vented      26  3  53 

ASSESSMENT  OF  PROPERTY— 

[See  Board  of  Assessors;   Board  of  Equaliza- 
tion; President  of  Board  of  Assessors.] 

powers  as  to  for  state  purposes  same  as  St. 

Louis  County  Court 26  3  55 

to  be  in  accordance  with  general  state  laws ...     15          5          82 

to  be  made  by  board  of  assessors 15          5          82 

municipal   assembly   to    establish    assessment 

districts    15  5  82 

public  notice  to  be  given    of    completion    of 

same 20          5  84 

duty  of  recorder  of  deeds  in  reference  to  con- 
veyances       21  5  85 

changes  in  ownership  of    real    estate    to    be 

noted  on  assessment  plats 21  5  85 

expenses  of  assessment,  how  paid 23  5  85 

correction  of,  by  board  of  equalization 24  5  85 

assessment  books  when  corrected  to  be  copied.     26  5  86 

abstract  of  same  to  be  made 26          5          86 

copy  of  abstract  to  be  sent  to  mayor,  when. . .     26          5  87 

copy  of  abstract  to  be  sent  to  state  auditor.  .26          5          87 

state,  school  and  city  tax-bills,  how  prepared.     26  5  87 

tax-bills  and  assessment  books  to  be  delivered 

to  comptroller    26  5  87 

comptroller  to  stamp  bills  and  deliver  to  col- 
lector       26  5  87 

form  of  receipt  to  be  taken  from  collector. ...     26          5          87 

receipt  for  state    taxes    to    be    sent    to    state 

auditor    26  5  87 

ordinance  fixing   percentage   of  taxes  required 

annually  27  5  87 

comptroller  may  correct  manifest  errors  in..     28  5          .87 

of  school  taxes,  how  made 2        13        141 

ASSESSMENTS  FOR  LOCAL  IMPROVEMENTS— 

[See  Special  Taxation;  Special  Tax  Bills.] 
ASSESSOR  AND  COLLECTOR  OF  WATER  RATES— 

(2  4  59 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor ^     _          _        122 

approved  by  council 9  4  61 


174  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

ASSESSOR    AND     COLLECTOR     OF    WATER 

RATES— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE 

term  of  office,  four  years 2  4  59 

first  appointment  to  be  for  two  years 2  4  59 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47          4          76 

shall  notify  proprietors  of  buildings,  when.  6  7         122 

his  clerks  and  assistants. 7          7         122 

shall  collect  all  revenues  due  for  water 7  7         122 

shall  receive    a    fixed    salary    not    to    exceed 

$3,000  per  annum   8  7         122 

shall  give  bond  of  $100,000 8  7         122 

shall  deposit  collections  daily 9          7        123 

shall  furnish  comptroller  with  monthly  state- 
ment of  collections 9  7         123 

issue  of  water  licenses 10          7        ]  23 

monthly  statement  of   10  7         123 

ASSESSORS— 

[See  Assessment  of  Property;    Board   of   As- 
sessors; District  Assessors.] 
ASSESSING  DISTRICTS— 
[See  Benefit  Districts.] 
ASSIGNMENT— 

special   tax-bills   may  be   assigned,   formality 

required    26  6         116 

payment  of  special  tax-bills 26          6        116 

ASSISTANTS— 

removal  of 14  4  63 

to  officer,  shall  take  oath 43          4          74 

ATTACHMENT— 

against  non-resident    authorized    in    suit    on 

special  tax-bill   25          6        113 

ATTORNEY— 

[See  City  Attorney;  City  Counselor.] 
AUDITOR— 

to   deduct  forfeitures  from   pay   of  members 

of  assembly,  when   14          3          45 

to  be  elected  for  four  years 1  4  59 

to  be  general  accountant  of  city 21  4  66 

to  keep  in  office  books,  vouchers,  etc.,   relat- 
ing to  public  accounts 21  4  65 

to  adopt  double  entry  book-keeping 21  4  66 

to  examine,  adjust  and    audit    all    unsettled 

accounts  and  demands  against  city 21  4  66 

to   draw   warrants   on   treasurer   in   payment 

thereof    21  4  66 

power  to  administer  oaths 21  4  66 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  175 

AUDITOR—  Continued.  SEC.     ART.   PAGE. 
may     require     accounts     to     be     verified     by 

affidavit    ...............................  21           4           66 

to  give  bond  in  not  less  than  $100,000  .........  21           4           66 

to  audit  bills  when  presented  in  proper  form.  21          4          66 
shall    be    responsible    for    all    acts    of    em- 

ployes   ......  ...............  ............  21           4           66 

report  of    ..................................  47           4           76 

no  warrant  to  be  issued  in  excess  of  credits.  .  .  11          5          81 

no  claim  to  be  paid  without  approval  of  .....  ..  12           5           81 

settlements  of  officers  to  be  certified  ..........  8           5           81 

to   allow   accounts    with   approval    of   mayor, 

when    ..................................  13           5           82 

duty  of  county  auditor  in  reference  to  O'Fallon 

Park  bonds   ............................  5           8         126 

AUCTIONEERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ............  26           3           50 

AVOCATIONS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  all  kinds 

of    .....................................  26           3           51 


BANKS— 

to  be  selected  annually  for  current  deposits..     22  4  67 

BANKS  AND  BANKERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  same  ......     26          3          51 

BAWDY  HOUSES— 

power  to  suppress    .........................     26  3  51 

BEEP— 

may  regulate  inspection  .....................     26  3  52 

BEER— 

may  regulate  inspection  of  .........  .........     26  3  52 

BEER  HOUSES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  same  ......     26  3          51 

BENEFITS— 

how   assessed   in    cases    of    public    improve- 

ments   .................................       5  6  98 

by  whom  paid  in  case  of  opening  alleys  ......       5  6  98 

to  be  a  lien  against  property  ......  ..........       5  6  98 

in  condemnation   proceedings,    set  off    against 

damages   ..........  .  ....................     11  6         100 

BENEFIT  DISTRICTS— 

in  street  and  alley  openings  .................       5  6  97 

for  special  taxation,  how  established  .........     14  6         103 

BENZINE  — 

may  regulate  inspection  of  ..................     26  3  52 


176  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

BEQUESTS —  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

city  may  receive,  etc 1  1  26 

administration  of  Mullanphy  bequest 3         16         148 

BIDS— 

[See   Board    of    Public    Improvements;     Con- 
tracts; Public  Printing;  Public  Work.] 

for  supplies,  how  awarded 29  4  70 

having   alterations    or    erasures    upon    them 

to  be  rejected 29          4          70 

for  public    work 27  6         116 

for  public  printing 1         15         145 

BILLIARD  TABLES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26          3          51 

BILLS— 

[See  Ordinances;  Committee.] 

BIRTHS— 

power  to  enforce  registration  of 26           3           51 

health  commissioner  to  provide  for  registra- 
tion of 4         12         137 

BLANKS— 

unused  to  be  returned  8           5           81 

BLOCKS— 

subdivision  of,  to  conform  to  general  plan 1          6          93 

BOARDING  HOUSES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  same 26                     50 

BOARD  OF  ASSESSORS— 

[See  Assessment  of  Property.] 

term  four  years 1          4          59 

approved  by  council 9           4           61 

one  assessor  for  each  district  to  be  appointed  ,2          4          59 

by  mayor  \  15           5           82 

how  board  constituted 15          5          82 

president  of,  to  be  elected 15          5          82 

official  bonds'  of  assessors 16          5          82 

duty  of  district  assessors 16           5           83 

when  they  shall  commence  assessment 16          5          83 

reports  to  be  verified  by  affidavit 16           5           83 

qualifications  of  assessors 17           5           83 

duty  of  president  of  board  of  assessors 18           5           83 

assessment  books,  how  made  up 19          5          84 

cost  of  assessment,  how  paid 23          5 

is  president  of  board  of  equalization 24           5 

BOARD  OF  EDUCATION— 
[See  Public  Schools.] 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  177 

BOARD  OF  EQUALIZATION—  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 
[See  Assessment  of  Property.] 

how    constituted    24  5  85 

how  appointed   24  5  85 

duties  of  board 24  5  85 

annual  meeting  of 24  5  85 

session  not  to  exceed  four  weeks 24  5  85 

to  determine  all  appeals  in  summary  manner.  24  5  85 
shall  notify  owners    of    increase    of    assess- 
ments      24  5  86 

majority  to  constitute  quorum 24  5  86 

compensation  of  members  of  board 24  5  86 

may  compel  attendance  of  witnesses 24  5  86 

oath  of 'members  of  board 24  5  86 

record  of  proceedings 25  5  86 

BOARD  OP  HEALTH— 

i 

[See  Health  Department.] 

may  declare  use  of  water  from  water-works 

necessary,   when    6  7  121 

how  constituted   2  12  135 

health  commissioner  to  be  a  member  of 2  12  136 

commissioner  to  preside  in  absence  of  mayor. .  2  12  136 

board  to  meet  twice  a  week 2  12  136 

special  meeting  may  be  convened,  when 2  12  136 

three  members  of  board  constitute  a  quorum. .  2  12  136 

to  approve  employes  of  department 3  12  136 

to  approve  rules  and  regulations  of  health  de- 
partment      3  12  136 

appointment  of  employes 3  12  136 

superintendents    of    hospitals,    appointed    by 

mayor  and  approved  by  board  of  health. .  5  12  137 

abatement  of  nuisances 6  12  137 

record  of  proceedings 14  12  140 

clerk    of    board 14  12  140 

BOARD  OF  POLICE  COMMISSIONERS— 
[See  Police.] 

books,  etc.,  of,  to  be  open  to  inspection 14  16  153 

city  counselor  and  attorney  to   furnish  legal 

advice  to    15  16  152 

board   forbidden  to  employ  other  counsel   at 

city's  expense  15  16  152 

expenses  of  police  force  to  be    paid    out    of 

treasury    16  16  152 

claims,   how    audited..  16  16  152 


178  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

BOARD  OP  PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS—  SEC.      ART.    PAGF. 

[See  Street,  Sewer,  Water,  Harbor  and 
Wharf  and  Park  Commissioners;  Presi- 
dent of  Board  of  Public  Improvements; 
Public  Works.] 

to  be  composed  of  five  commissioners  and  pres- 
ident           3  4  59 

commissioners  to  be  appointed  by  mayor 3  4  59 

approved    by   council 9  4  61 

to  meet  once  each  week 33  4  72 

shall  furnish  information  to  mayor  and  munic- 
ipal assembly  as  to  public  work 33  4  72 

majority  of  board  necessary  for  quorum 33  4  72 

final   action   on   matters  belonging  to   special 

departments    33  4  72 

commissioners  to  be  heads  of  departments. ...     34  4  72 

president  of,  to  preside  at  meetings 41  4  73 

president  to  have  charge  of  certain  improve- 
ments         41  4  73 

president    to    have    supervision    over    depart- 
ments of  other  commissioners 41  4  73 

president   shall    authenticate   all    special    tax- 
bills    41  4  74 

ordinances  for  improvement  of  streets,  etc.,  to  f  14  6         101 

originate  with  president 1 17  6         106 

additional  duties   42  4  74 

assistants   and  employes 42  4  71 

president   and    chief   of   every   department   to 

report  annually  to  mayor 47  4  76 

books,  papers,  etc.,  of  their  offices  to  be  open 

for  inspection,   when 47  4  76 

report  of  board 48     4     76 

all  plats  of  subdivision  of  property  to  be  sub- 
mitted to    1  6  93 

board  to  endorse  same,  if  in  accordance  with 

law    1  6  93 

to  recommend  ordinances  for  establishment  of 

boulevards,    when   1  6  94 

to  recommend  ordinances  for  street  openings, 

when    2  6  9t> 

shall  prescribe  regulations  for  water  and  gas 

pipe  connections    13  6         1 01 

ordinances   for  improvement    to    be    sent    to 

assembly  by  14  6         101 

day   for  public  meeting   to    be   designated    to 

consider    improvements    14  6         102 

notice,  contents  and  time  of  publication 14  6         102 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  179 

BOARD    OF    PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS— Con- 
tinued.                                                                                       SEC.  ART.  PAGE, 
remonstrance   against    improvement,    time    of 

filing    14  6  102 

action  of  board  thereon 14  6  102 

two-thirds  vote  will  overrule 14  6  102 

reasons  to  be  sent  in  event  of  remonstrance..  14  6  102 
majority   vote  of  board  sufficient  in   absence 

of   remonstrance    14  6  102 

guarantee  and  keep  in  repair 14  6  102 

special  taxation  for  improvements 14  6  102 

terms  "reconstruction"  and  "repaving" 14  6  104 

partial    improvements   by   reconstruction    and 

repaving  14  6  104 

contracts  for  improvement  of  sidewalks 14  6  104 

culverts  and  partial  grading  of  streets 14  6  105 

special  taxation  for  improvement  of  alleys.  14  6  105 

"lot"  defined  14  6  105 

requisite  of   improvement  ordinance 15  6  105 

may    specify   term   of   years    for   which   work 

shall  be  maintained   15  6  105 

C  15  6  105 

estimate  of  cost  to  be  endorsed  on  ordinances  }  27  6  117 

(28  6  118 
streets,    etc.,    to   be   established    or   dedicated 

prior  to  improvement 15  6  105 

shall    recommend     ordinances    for     repairing 

and  cleaning  of  streets  and  all  public  work  17  6  106 
sewer,    public,     district,     joint     district     and 

private,  defined    20  6  107 

district  sewers 21  6  109 

joint   district  sewers 22  6  110 

20  6  108 

23  6  111 

president  of,  to  make  out  all  special  tax-bills. .  24  6  112 
emergency  work  and  repairs  requiring  prompt 

attention 27  6  116 

shall  submit  to  assembly  estimates  of  cost  of 

work    27  6  117 

shall  advertise  for  bids 27  6  117 

shall  award    contract    to    lowest    responsible 

bidder    27  6  117 

security  on  contractors'  bonds 27  6  117 

may  suspend  work  on  contracts,  when 28  6  118 

special  provision  to  be  embraced  in  contract..  28  6  118 
shall  examine  complaints  of  citizens  against 

contractors    ....  28  6  118 


private    sewers    \ 


180  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

BOARD     OF    PUBLIC    IMPROVEMENTS— Con- 
tinued. SEC.       ART.     PAGE. 

shall  examine  and  report  on  work 28  6         118 

cost  of  examination  to  be  borne  by  contractor, 

when    28  6         118 

duties   respecting  street  sprinkling 29  6         119 

ordinance  for  sale  or  lease  of  Public  parks  to 

be  recommended  by 4          8        126 

president  of,  shall  ascertain  cost  of  abatement 

of  nuisances   6         12         138 

contracts  for  abatement  of  nuisances 7        12        138 

BOARD  OP  WATER  COMMISSIONERS— 

[See  Water  Works.] 

to  turn  over  property  to  water  commissioner.       2  7         120 

term  of,  to  cease,  when 2  7         120 

term  of  their  appointees  to  cease,  when 2  7         120 

BOATS— 

[See  Wharf  Boats.] 
BOILERS— 

[See  Steam  Boilers.] 

may  remove  or  prevent  construction  of 26  3  55 

BONDS— 

world's  Fair 26N         3  48 

city  has  power  to  borrow  money  by  issue  and 

sale   of    26  3  49 

approval  of 4  4  60 

of  comptroller 20  4  65 

of  auditor 21  4  66 

of  treasurer    22  4  67 

24  4  68 


of   collector 

1  30  5  88 

of  municipal  officers 43  4  74 

of  officer,  when  not  given  within  prescribed 

time     43  4  74 

suit  may  be  instituted  on  bonds,  when 43  4  75 

of   president  of  board   of  assessors   and   dis- 
trict   assessors    16  5  82 

of  deputy  collectors 33  5  89 

of  contractors  for  public  work 27  6  117 

sureties  on  contractors'  bonds 27  6  117 

of  water  commissioner 1  7  120 

of  assessor  and  collector  of  water  rates 8  7  122 

of  water  works,  providing  fund  for  payment 

of 13  7  124 

of  harbor  and  wharf  commissioner 2  9  128 

for  street  railroads  to  insure  compliance  with 

law,   required    5  10  132 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  181 

BONDS — Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

health    commissioner 1        12        135 

by  city  in  appeals  in  court  proceedings 6         16         148 

BONDED   INDEBTEDNESS— 

[See  Indebtedness.] 
BONE  FACTORY— 

not  to   be  opened    within    300    feet    of    any 

dwelling   34  3  57 

BOOKS— 

to  be  open  to  inspection 47          4          76 

BORROW  MONEY— 

city  may    26  3  49 

note  for,  limited  to  12  months. 26  3  49 

BOULEVARDS— 

how  established  and  maintained 1  6  94 

how  discontinued , 1          6          9~5 

how  established  and  opened 1  6  95 

BOUNDARIES— 

[See     Corporate    Boundaries;     Ward     Bound- 
aries.] 
BOUNDARIES— 

of  City  of  St.  Louis 2  1  26 

boundaries   of  wards.. 3  1      27-38 

correction  of  ward,  every  five  years 4          1          38 

permanent  division  lines 4  1  38 

BRANDY— 

may  regulate  inspection  of 26  3  52 

BREAD— 

may  regulate  weight  and  quality  of 26  3  52 

BRICK  KILN— 

not  to  be  located  within  300  feet  of  dwelling 

except  by  consent   34  3  57 

BRIDGES— 

power  to  construct,  repair  and  regulate 26  3  49 

BROKERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  same 26  3  50 

BUGGIES— 

power  to  tax,   etc 26  3  51 

BUILDINGS— 

[See  City  Hall;   Municipal  Buildings.] 

power  to  order  removal   of  same  at  owner's 

expense     26  3  54 

dangerous  to  be   removed 26  3  54 

isiay  provide  for  inspection  and  measurement 

of 26  3  54 

power  to  enter  into  and  examine 26  3  54 


182  INDKX  TO  CHARTER. 

BUILDINGS— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

may  provide  for  safe  construction,  inspection 

and  repair  of  all 26  3  55 

power   to    regulate    construction    of    partition 

and  fire  walls,  etc 26  3  55 

power  to   prohibit  erection   of  wooden   build- 
ings within  prescribed  limits 26  3  55 

may  compel  owners  to  have  scuttles  on  roof.  .26  3  55 
power    to     enact     stringent     laws    to    guard 
against  fire    in    public    halls    and    build- 
ings         27           3  56 

regulations  as  to  frame  buildings 4         11         133 

inspection    of,   when    in    course    of    construc- 
tion           ON      11         134 

BURIAL  CERTIFICATES— 

duty  of  physicians  in  reference  to 10         12         139 

duty  of  undertakers  in  reference  to 10         12         140 

penalty  for  failure  to  report  deaths. 10         12         140 

penalty  for  burial  without  certificate 12         12         140 

penalty  for  failure  to  report  interments 13         12         140 

BURIAL  OF  DEAD— 

city  may  purchase  or  hold  property  for 1  1  25 

BUSINESS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  all  kinds 

of    26  3  51 

may  prevent  when  dangerous  or  detrimental 

to   public   health 26  3  51 

BUTTER— 

may  regulate  inspection  of 26  3  52 

may   restrain    and    punish    the    forestalling 

of    26  3  52 

BY-LAWS— 

[See  Ordinances.] 

0 

CABLES— 

[See  Electric  Wire,  Tubes  and  Cables.] 
CANDLES— 

may  prevent  use  of  in  stables,  shops  and  other 

places    26  3  55 

CARONDELET  PARK— 

repeal  of  special  acF. 6  8         126 

CARRIAGES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  51 

CARS— 

of  street  railroads  power  to  license,  tax  and 

regulate    26  3  51 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  183 

CARTS SEC.        ART.     PAGE. 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  51 

CATTLE— 

may  regulate  or  prohibit  running  at  large. ...     26  3  53 

CATTLE  AND  HORSE  DEALERS— 

power  to  license  and  regulate 26          3          50 

CEMETERIES— 

[See  Grave  Yards.] 
CENSUS— 

of  inhabitants  may  be  provided  for 26  3  56 

CERTIFICATES— 

[See  Burial  Certificates.] 

relating  to  revenue  to  be  issued  by  register.  5  5  80 

CHARCOAL— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  weighing  of 26  3  52 

CHARITABLE  BEQUEST— 

city  may  take  and  execute 1  1  26 

CHARITABLE  INSTITUTIONS— 

[See    Commissioners    on    Charitable    Institu- 
tions;  House  of  Refuge.] 
CHARITY— 

[See  Hospitals;  Poor  House;  Etc.] 

appropriations  for,  forbidden,  when 33  3  57 

CHARTER— 

adoption,  effect  on  ordinances,  contracts,  etc.       1         16         147 

obligations,  etc.,  to  remain  in  force 2         16         147 

mayor  to  promulgate  in  pamphlet  form 5         16         148 

amendments    to    be  submitted    separately    to 

people    19         16         153 

CHEESE— 

may  regulate  inspection  of 26  3  52 

CHICKEN  COCK  FIGHTING— 

power  to   suppress 26  3  51 

CHIEF  OF  FIRE  DEPARTMENT— 

[See  Fire  Department] 
CHIMNEYS— 

power  to  regulate  construction  of 26  3  55 

power  to  regulate  cleaning  of 26  3  55 

CHOLERA— 

restrictions  as  to  treatment  of  patients 35  3  57 

CIRCUSES— 

power  to  license,  tax  or  suppress 26  3  51 

CITIZENS— 

of  St.  Louis  exempt  from  road  work 8         16         149 

CITY— 

incorporation  of    1  1  25 

corporate  name  and  powers 1  1  25 


184  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

CITY — Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 
may  purchase  and  hold  property  for  certain 

purposes   1  1  25 

may  sell,  etc.,  or  dispose  of  property  for  bene- 
fit of  corporation  1  1  26 

may  receive  bequests,  etc 1  1  26 

may  have  a  common  seal 1  1  26 

power  of  assembly  to  maintain  peace  of 26  3  55 

to  develop  trade  and  manufactures  of 26  3  55 

to  purchase,  rent  or  lease  property 26  3  55 

when  not  liable  for  damage  for  taking  build- 
ing for  improvement  on  proposed  street.  1  6  93 

shall  not  be  liable  on  special  tax-bills /  2' 

1  25  6  114 

to  be  at  no  expense  for  private  sewers1 23  6  111 

shall  be  liable  for  real  estate  taken  for  water 

works 4  7  121 

officers  of,  to  assess  school  taxes 2  13  141 

collector  of,  to  collect  school  taxes 3  13  1 41 

appeal  bonds  by 6  16  148 

mayor  shall  execute  appeal  bond 6  16  148 

citizens  of,  exempt  from  road  work 8  16  149 

damage  suits  against 9  16  149 

parties  to  be  made  co-defendants 9N  16  149 

judgments  against  city  to  be  rendered  against 

all  other  parties  liable 9  16  150 

judgments  to  be  first  enforced  against  other 

defendants    9  16  150 

liability  of  city  limited 9  16  150 

CITY  ATTORNEY— 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor 2  4  59 

first  appointment  to  be  for  two  years 2  4  59 

term  four  years 2  4  59 

approved  by  council 9  4  61 

to  be  subject  to  control  of  city  counselor....  32  4  72 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47  4  76 

to   furnish  legal    advice    to    police    commis- 
sioners      15  16  152 

CITY  COUNSELOR— 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor 2  4  59 

term  of  office  four  years 2  4  59 

first  appointment  to  be  for  two  years 2  4  59 

approved  by  council    9  4  6! 

duties  of  in  reference  to  suits 32  4  71 

shall  be  chief  law  officer  of  the  city 32  4  72 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  185 

CITY  COUNSELOR— Continued.  SEC.     ART.   PAGE. 

shall  advise  either  house  of  assembly  or  any 

committee   when   required. 32          4  72 

shall  advise  mayor,  and  through  him  all  other 

officers    32  4  72 

shall  have  a  superintending  control  over  busi- 
ness of  city  attorney 32          4          72 

shall  aid  him  in  discharge  of  duties,  when..     32  4  72 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47  4  76 

shall  conduct  proceedings  for  condemnation  of 

property    2  6  96 

form  of  petition v .  .       2  6  96 

notice  to  defendants 3  6  97 

process  to  be  served  by  city  marshal 3          6          97 

notice   by   publication '3          6          97 

shall  apply  to  circuit  court  for  assessment  of 

damages  to  real  estate  for  water  works.       4          7        121 

shall  act  as  land  commissioner,  when 4         16         148 

to   furnish   legal    advice    to    police    commis- 
sioners         15         16         152 

CITY  HALL— 

power  to  erect,  purchase  or  rent 26  3  49 

CITY   REGISTER— 

[See  Register.] 

CLAIMS— 

[See  Auditor.] 

assembly  forbidden  to  compromise 30  3  56 

assembly  cannot  ordain  payment  of  unauthor- 
ized      30  3  56 

penalty  for  unauthorized  payment  of 11         16         150 

CLERKS— 

limitation  of  salary  of 18         16         152 

CLERK  OF  BOARD  OP  HEALTH— 

clerk  of  health  commissioner  to  act  as 14         12         140 

COAL  OIL— 

may  regulate  inspection  of 26  3  52 

COAL  OIL  AND  VITRIOL  FACTORIES— 

power  to  prohibit  within  certain  limits 26  3  52 

COAL,  STONE— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  weighing  of 26  3  52 

COCK  FIGHTS— 

power  to  suppress  26  3  51 


186  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


COLLECTIONS— 

SEC. 

ART. 

PAGE. 

of  state  revenue,  power  respecting  

26 

3 

55 

/22 

4 

66 

24 

4 

68 

\  30 

4 

71 

of  public  money  to  be  paid   into   city  treas- 

|  "^ 

N    7 

5 

80 

ury    

)31 

5 

89 

(  9 

9 

123 

\18 

16 

152 

,22 

4 

66 

by  collector  to  be  paid  into  treasury  daily.  .  .  . 

J  24 

4 

68 

[ti 

5 

89 

(         8 

7 

122 

collections  from  water  works,  how  applied.  .  . 

{ij 

7 

123 

collections  from  harbor  fees,  how  applied.... 

9 

121) 

COLLECTOR— 

shall  be  elected  for  four  years  

1 

4 

59 

(  24 

4 

68 

shall  collect  all  city,  state  and  school  taxes  .  .  . 

{* 

13 

tu 

4 

68 

shall   collect  all   license,    wharfage    and    all 

^ 

claims    

1 
(  • 

9 

129 

C  22 

4 

66 

shall   pay   over  collections  to  treasurer  once 

1 

each  day  

(31 

5 

89 

state  and  school  taxes  to  be  paid,  how  

24 

4 

68 

to  give  bond  in  not  less  than  $200,000  

24 

4 

68 

manner  of  keeping  books  and  accounts  

24 

4 

68 

f  47 

4 

70 

report  of  collector  

148 

76 

blanks  to  be  returned  

8 

5 

81 

shall  give  receipt  to  comptroller  for  tax  bills. 

26 

5 

87 

bond  of  collector  

*30 

5 

88 

bond  to  be  executed  in  duplicate  

30 

5 

88 

state   auditor   and   mayor   may   require   addi- 

tional bond  *  

30 

5 

88 

bond  to  be  a  lien  against  real  estate  of  col- 

lector     

30 

5 

88 

bond  to  be  given   within    fifteen    days    after 

election,  or  collector  to  forfeit  office  

30 

5 

88 

collector  to   collect  all   revenue  except  water 

rates    

31 

5 

89 

shall  keep  a  detailed  account  of  collections.  .  . 

31 

5 

89 

triplicate  receipts  to  be  taken  

31 

5 

89 

rebate   of    eight    per    cent    allowed     on     tax 

bills,   when    

32 

5 

89 

authority  of  to  appoint  deputies  

33 

5 

89 

INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  187 

COLLECTOR— Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

to  be  responsible  for  acts  of  deputies 33  5  89 

bond  of  deputy  to  be  available  to  collector. ...  33  5  89 
may  discharge  all  duties  of  former  county  col- 
lector      34  5  90 

shall  collect  wharfage  dues,  etc 6  9  129 

shall  collect  all  school  taxes 3  13  141 

shall  give  special  bond  to  board 3  13  141 

COMMISSIONERS— 

[See  Condemnation;  Streets,  Alleys,  etc.] 

COMMISSIONERS     OF     CHARITABLE      INSTI- 
TUTIONS— 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor 2  4  59 

approved    by   council 9  4  61 

term  of  office,  four  years 2  4  59 

first  appointment,   two  years 2  4  59 

exempt  from  restriction  as  to   holding  other 

offices    10  4  61 

not  required  to  devote  entire  time  to  duties.  .11  4  62 
shall  have  supervision  ever  penal  and  chari- 

able   institutions    49  4  77 

may  remove  appointed  officer  of  institutions..  49  4  77 

mayor  shall  fill  vacancy 49  4  77 

mayor  not  to  reappoint  any  person  removed 

by 49  4  77 

commissioners  to  meet  once  a  month  at  city 

hall    50  4  77 

shall  visit  all  institutions  once  a  month 50  4  77 

may     recommend     ordinances     to     assembly, 

when    50  4  77 

shall  receive  no  pay  for  services 50  4  77 

COMMISSIONER  OP  SUPPLIES— 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor ; 2  4  59 

term  of  office,  four  years 2  4  59 

first  appointment  to  be  for  two  years 2  4  59 

approved  by  council 9  4  61 

shall  purchase  all  articles  needed  by  city 29  4  70 

municipal    assembly   to   provide   for   all    pur- 
chases      29  4  70 

purchases  made  without  advertising  to  be  ap- 
proved by  comptroller 29  4  70 

form  of  advertisements  for  proposals 29  4  70 

bidders  may  bid  for  any  one  article 29  4  70 

awards  to  be  to  the  lowest  bidder 29  4  70 

to  furnis'h  printed  blanks  to  the  bidders 29  4  70 

opening  of  bids . . . .' 29  4  70 


188  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

COMMISSIONER  OF  SUPPLIES—  Continued.          SEC.     ART.    PAGE. 
bids  having  alterations  or  erasures  to  be  re- 

jected   ............................  .....     29  4  70 

all  contracts  to  be  approved  by  mayor  .......     29          4          71 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor  ..........     47          4          76 

to   purchase    engines   or    apparatus    for    fire 

department  ..........................  ...       2        11        133 

COMMITTEES— 

all  bills  must  be  reported  upon  by  ...........     13  3  44 

required  to  report  certain  bills  within  40  days 

from  time  of  reference  ..................     13          3          45 

in   event   of   failure,    bill    to    be    considered 

before  house  or  council  .................     13  3  45 

bill  to  be  acted  upon  by  committee  of  whole.  .13          3          45 
engrossing  of  bills   to    be    under    supervision 

of    .....................................     15  3  45 

on  conference,  reports  of  ....................     17  3  46 

chairman  of,  authorized  to  administer  oaths 

to  witnesses    ...........  ................     31          3          57 

shall   obtain    indorsement    of    comptroller    on 

bills  contemplating  expenditure  of  money.     12  5  81 

COMPENSATION— 
[See  Salaries.] 
COMPROMISE— 

of  claims,   forbidden  by  municipal  assembly, 

when    ..................................     30  3  56 

COMPTROLLER— 

to  be  elected  for  four  years  ..................       1          4          59 

to    have    general    supervision    of    the    fiscal 

affairs  of  the  city  ........  .  ..............     20          4          64 

to   supervise   collection   and   disbursement  of 

revenue     ...............................     20  4  64 

to    see    that  all   necessary   legal    proceedings 

are   had    ...............................     20  4  64 

to  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  for  public 

accounts   ...............................     20  4          64 

charged  with  preservation  of  credit  of  city.  .20          4      I 

/     bo 

to    draw    requisitions    in    payment    of    public 

debt   ...................................     20  4  64 

to    make   annual     reports    to     assembly    and  I  .„ 


................................  «  4  76 

to  supervise  all  property  and  assets  of  city.  .  .  20  4  64 

records  of  his  office  shall  show,  what  .........  20  4  64 

to  countersign  all  warrants  on  treasury  ......  20  4  65 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  189 

COMPTROLLER— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

to  have  access  to  books  and  records  of  any 

department 20  4  65 

shall  see  that  accounts  of  city  are  kept  in 

proper  manner  20  4  ^65 

shall  give  bond  to  city  in  not  less  than 

$300,000  20  4  65 

shall  have  a  seat  in  municipal  assembly 20          4          65 

may  effect  a  temporary  loan  to  meet  judg- 
ments    20  4  65 

to  have  custody  of  delinquent  and  special 

tax  bills,  deeds,  etc 20  4  65 

to  keep  a  complete  register  thereof 20          4          65 

to  join  mayor  in  quit-claim  deeds 20  4  65 

to  act  with  mayor  and  treasurer  in  selecting 

bank  for  city  deposits 22  4  67 

shall  prescribe  manner  of  keeping  accounts 

by  collector,  when 24  4  69 

to  approve  purchases  made  by  the  commis- 
sioner of  supplies,  when 29  4  70 

to  receive  all  blank  licenses,  etc 5          5          80 

to  take  duplicate  receipts  5          5          80 

shall  adjust  settlements  of  officers  engaged 

in  collection  of  revenue 8  5  81 

shall  return  unused  blanks  to  register 8          5          81 

ordinances  for  disbursements  to  be  endorsed 

by  12  5  81 

audited  accounts  to  be  registered  in  office 

of  13  5  82 

to  allow  accounts  with  approval  of  mayor, 

when  13  5  82 

tax  bills  and  assessment  books  to  be  delivered 

to  26  5  87 

shall  examine  and  stamp  bills 26          5          87 

shall  deliver  bills  to  collector 26  5  87 

shall  take  receipt  from  collector 26  5  87 

receipt  for  state  taxes  to  be  forwarded  to 

state  auditor 26  5  87 

may  correct  manifest  errors  in  assess- 
ments    28  5  87 

•authority  of,  in  reference  to  delinquent 

taxes  29  5  88 

report  of  commissioners  in  condemnation 

proceedings  to  be  delivered  to 10  6  100 

shall  record  report  in  office 10  6         100 

shall  furnish  copy  of  report  to  assembly 10  6         100 

may  deduct  benefits  from  damages 11  6         100 


190  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

COMPTROLLER— Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 
to  register,  countersign  and  deliver  all  special 

tax  bills  24  6  112 

shall  enter  "satisfaction"  of  special  tax  bills.  26  6  115 

shall  countersign  all  water  licenses 10  7  123 

shall    examine     monthly     statement     of     col- 
lector of  water  rates 10  7  123 

shall  furnish  blanks  for  wharfage  dues,  etc..  6  9  129 
shall     register     contracts     for    abatement    of 

nuisances    7  12  139 

to  make  deductions  in  school  tax,  when 5  13  142 

to  execute  contracts  for  city 7  16  149 

to  countersign  contracts,  when 7  16  149 

may  inspect  books  of  police  commissioners.  14  16  151 

CONCERTS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  same 26  3  51 

CONDEMNATION— 

[See  Streets,  Alleys,  etc.] 

powers   to     condemn,     private     property     for 

public  use 26  3  49 

of  private  property  for  public  use 2  6  96 

2  6  96 

4  6  97 

majority  of  commissioners  may  report 4  6  97 

commissioners  to  assess  damages 4  6  97 

duty   of  commissioners 5  6  97 

court  review  report 7  6 

costs  of  proceedings 8  6  99 

compensation  of  commissioners 8  6  99 

dismissals  or  withdrawals  of  proceedings  for 

by  city    9  6  99 

proceedings  may  be  discontinued 9  6  99 

damages  and  benefits,  how  paid 11  6  100 

set-off,  when   11  6  100 

paid  into  court,  when 11  6  100 

city  may  deduct  benefits  from  damages 11  6  100 

city  not  liable  for  interest  on  damages  paid 

into   court 11  6  100 

when   title    in    dispute,    damages    paid    into 

court    11  «  100 

when  improvement  may  proceed 11  6 

condemnation  for  particular  uses 12  6  101 

of  property  for  water  works — damages 4  7  121 

when  charter  went  into  effect,  how  conducted.  4  16  148 

CONNECTIONS— 

[See  Sewers.] 


commissioners  to  be  freeholders '. / 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  191 

CONTAGIOUS   DISEASES —  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

may  prevent  introduction  and  spread  of 26  3  51 

CONTRACTS— 

[See   Board  of  Public   Improvements;    Public 
Work;   Public  Printing;  Street  Sprinkling.] 

members  of  assembly  not  to  be  interested  in. .  6  3  42 

(6  3  42 

city  officers  not  to  be  interested  in j  -  ^  .  61 

originals  to  be  kept  by  register 23  4  68 

proposals  and  awards  for  supplies 29  4  70 

all  contracts  for  supplies  to  be  approved  by 

mayor  29  4  71 

shall  be  enforced  by  mayor 46  4  75 

officer  to  notify  mayor  of  violation 46  4  75 

mayor,  shall  cause  suit  to  enforce 46  4  75 

shall  not  be  let  unless  specific  appropriation  r  14  5  82 

is  made  1  28  6  118 

to  keep  in  repair 14  6  102 

maintenance   and   guaranty  clause.. 

i  15  6  105 

for  improvement  of  sidewalks 14  6  104 

emergency  work  and  repairs  requiring  prompt 

attention  excepted 27  6  116 

27  6  116 

16  149 

board  of  public  improvements  to  award 27  6  117 

securities    on    contractors'    bonds 27  6  117 

shall  be  subject  to  provisions  of  charter 28  6  118 

work  on  may  be  suspended,  when 28  6  118 

complaints    of    citizens    against    contractors. 

how    examined 28  6  118 

for  street  sprinkling 29  6  ,119 

for  work  on  water  works 3  7  121 

for   work,    etc.,    of    water    department,   to    be 

approved    by   council 3  7  121 

for  abatement  of  specified  nuisances 7  12  138 

for  public  printing,  how  awarded 1  15  145 

specifications  of  for  printing 1  15  145 

shall   be    forfeited,   when 1  15  146 

existing  contracts  to  remain  in  force,  when..  1  16  147 

city  contracts,  how  executed 7  16  149 

to  be  numbered,  filed  and   registered   in   reg- 
ister's office 7  16  149 

copies  to  be  furnished  officers 7  16  149 

shall  be  countersigned  by  comptroller 7  16  149 

CONVEYANCERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  same 26  3  51 


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192  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

COON  FIGHTING—  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

power  to  suppress   26  3  51 

CORN  DOCTORS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  51 

CORONER— 

[See  Scheme,  section  5.] 

shall  be  elected  for  four  years 1          4          59 

electee}  for  two  years  only IN        4          62 

may  have  such  deputies  as  are  provided  by 

ordinance    14  4  62 

CORPORATIONS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26          3          51 

rights  of  city  in,  may  be  protected 26  3  54 

CORPORATE  BOUNDARIES— 

[See  Boundaries.] 
CORPORATE  NAME— 

"The  City  of  St.  Louis" 1  1  25 

CORPORATE  POWERS— 

general,  of  St.  Louis,  enumerated / 

(26  3     48-56 

CORRECTION— 

[See  House  of  Correction.] 
COSTS— 

mayor  may  remit,  etc 16  4  63 

in  condemnation  proceedings 8          6          99 

in  examining  public  work  in    case    of    com- 
plaint         28  6         118 

COUNCIL— 

[See  Municipal  Assembly.] 

branch  of  municipal  assembly 1          3          41 

to   consist   of    thirteen    members,    elected    at 

large    2          3          41 

f     2  3  41 

6  3  42 

qualifications  of  members  of  council 1    id  4  61 

[  19  4  64 

one-half  of  council  to  be  elected  biennially. ...  3  3  42 

terms  of  members  of  first  council 3  3  42 

members  of,  shall  not  be  interested  in  city  f  6  3  42 

contracts  ." I  10  4  61 

vacancy  in,  how  filled 7  3  43 

to  appoint  its  own  officers 8  3  43 

to  be  judge  of  election  and  return  of  its 

members  8  3  43 

to  report  tie  vote  to  mayor 8  3  43 

may  punish  for  contempt 8  3  43 

may  expel  a  member  by  a  two-thirds  vote. ...  8  3  43 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  193 

COUNCIL— Continued.  SEC.     ART.    PAGE. 

the    presiding    member    to    be    designated    as 

president    8  3  43 

president  to  be  elected  on  general  ticket 8  3  43 

majority  of  members  necessary  for  quorum.       8  3  43 

consent  of  both  houses  necessary  to  adjourn 

for  more  than  seven  days 8  3  43 

may  compel  attendance  of  absent  members...       8  3          43 

sessions  to  be  held  with  open  doors 8  3  43 

members  absent  without  leave  to  forfeit  one 

dollar    14  3  45' 

compensation  of  members 14  3  45 

president      authorized    to     administer    oaths, 

when 31  3  57 

may  remove  elected  officers  for  cause 5  4  60 

may  remove  appointed  officers  for  cause....       5  4  60 

to  examine  charges  by  mayor  against  elected 

officers    , 6  4  60 

action  of  council  thereon 6  4 '         60 

council   to  fill   vacancy    in    appointive    office 

in  case  of  removal  by  mayor 7  4  CO 

may  remove  any  officer  appointed  by  mayor.         8  4  61 

president  of  council  may  call  special  session 

to    consider    removal 8  4  61 

appointments     by     mayor     no     confirmation, 

when 8  4  61 

appointments  by  mayor  to  be  confirmed  by..       9  4  61 

action  of,  on  appointments  by  mayor 9  4  61 

may  remove  officer  not  devoting  entire  time 

to    duties'    11  4  62 

may  remove  elected  officer,  when 12  4  62 

may  fill  vacancy  in  elective  office,  when 13  4  62 

president  of,  to  be  ex-officio  mayor,  when....     13  4  62 

president  of  to  perform  the  duties  of  mayor, 

when    17  4  63 

to     approve     contracts    for     work    of     water 

department    3  7         121 

to  confirm  or  reject  awards  for  public  printing       1         15         145 
COUNTER  CLAIM— 

[See  Set-Off.] 
COUPONS— 

cancellation    of    4         14         144 

proceeds  of  to  become  part  of  sinking  fund . .       4  14         144 

COW   STABLES— 

power  to  regulate  and  prohibit  within  certain 

limits 26  3  52 


194  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

COURTS,  POLICE—  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

[See  Police  Courts;  Police  Justices.] 
CROSS-WALKS— 

cost  of,  to  be  paid  by  special  tax  .............  (  1 

(_  lo  b  l.Ui 

CULVERTS— 

how  made  ..................  ................     14          6        105 

CURBING— 

special    taxation   for    .......................     14  6         103 


DAIRIES— 

power  to  prohibit  same  within  city  limits.  ...     26  3  52 

DAMAGES— 

payment     of,     except     by     two-thirds     vote, 

prohibited    .............................     30  3  56 

commissioners    to    assess     damages     for     con-f     4  6  97 

demnations    ............................  I    5  6          97 

appropriation  to  pay  same  ......  .............     10  6         100 

set-off  against  benefits  ......................     11          6        100 

to  be  paid  into  court,  when  .................     11  6         100 

in  changing  grade  of  street  and  nuisances.  ...     19  6         107 

assessment    of    for     real     estate    taken    for 

water  works   ...........................       4          7        121 

joint  suits1  for,  against  city  and  another  .....       9N       16         149 

liability  of  city    .............  ...............       9         16         149 

DANCE  HOUSES— 

power  to  license,  tax  or  suppress  .............     26          3          51 

DAY  LABORERS— 

assembly  may  not  establish  compensation  of  .  .     26  3  53 

DEATHS— 

[See  Burial  Certificates.] 

power  to  enforce  registration  of  .............     26  3  51 

health  commissioner  to  provide   for  registra- 

tion  of    ................................       4         12         137 

duties  of  physicians   in    reference    to    burial 

certificates    ............................     10         12         139 

DEDICATION— 

to  public  use    of    streets,    alleys    and    public 

places    .................................       1  6  93 

cannot  be  recorded,  when  ...................       1  6  93 

DELEGATES— 

[See  House  of  Delegates.] 
DEMANDS— 

[See  Auditor;   Claims.] 
DENTISTS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ..........       26  3  50 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  195 

DEPOSITS SEC.     ART.  PAGE. 

of   city   money 22  4  66 

banks  to  be  selected  annually 22  4  67 

DEPOSITS  BY  OFFICIALS— 

all  collections  by  officers  to  be  deposited  daily.     22  4  66 

/  22  4  66 

24  4  68 

*  30  4  71 

public  money  to  be  paid  into  city  treasury. ...       7  5  80 

31  5  89 

9  7  123 

18  16  152 

,22  4  66 

by  collector  to  be  paid  into  treasury  daily J  24  4  68 

I  31  5  89 
DEPUTIES— 

limitation  of  salary  of 18  16  152 

DISEASES— 

contagious,  may  be  prevented  and  regulated..     26  3  51 

DISORDERLY  ASSEMBLAGE— 

may  be  restrained  and  prevented 26  3  53 

DISORDERLY  HOUSES— 

power  to   suppress  same 26  3  51 

DISTRICT  ASSESSORS— 

[See     Assessment     of     Property;      Board     of 
Assessors.] 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor 2          4          59 

term  of  office  four  years 2  4  59 

first   appointment   for   two    years 2  4  59 

approved    by    council 9  4  61 

DISTRICT  SEWERS— 
[See  Sewers.] 

DISTURBANCE— 

may    restrain    and    prevent 26  3  53 

DOCKS— 

municipal     assembly     may     erect,     regulate, 

etc    26  3  50 

DOCTORS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  50 

state  law    forbids   taxing 26N        3  50 

DOGS— 

may  regulate  or  prohibit  running  at  large. ...     26  3  53 

DOG  FIGHTS— 

power  to   suppress 26  3  51 


196  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

DONATIONS  —  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

[See  Gifts.] 

f  30  3  56 

public  money  cannot  be  given  as  ..........     *  33  3 

(  11         16         150 
DRAINS— 

[See  Sewers.] 
DRAM  SHOP  LICENSES— 

controlled  by  state  law  ........  ..............     3lN        5  89 

DRAM  SHOPS— 

power  to  license,  tax,  regulate  or  suppress..     26 

licenses    for,    controlled     by     excise     commis- 

sioner   .................................     31x        5  89 

DRAYS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ............     26  3  51 

DRUMMERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ...........     26  50 

DWELLINGS,  ETC.— 

j    52 

power  to  enter  into  and  examine.  ............     26  3      \  54 

DYNAMITE— 

may  regulate  storage  of  .....................     26  3  55 


EGGS— 

may  restrain  and  punish  forestalling  of  ......     26 

ELECTION— 

of  officers1,  assembly  may  provide  for  ........     26 

necessary   to  sell  or   lease   parks,   submitting 

question   to  voters  ......................       4  126 

ELECTION   AND   REGISTRATION— 

general  election  in  April,   1877  ............  .  .       1  39 

general  election  every  four  years  thereafter.       1  2  39 

in  St.  Louis,  state  law  ..........  .............       IN        2  39 

EMERGENCY— 

excepted  from  other  public  work  .............     27  6         116 

chief  of  fire  department  to  purchase  or  hire 

apparatus  or  horses  .....................       2        11 

EMINENT  DOMAIN— 

[See        City        Counselor;         Condemnation; 

Streets,    Alleys,     etc.] 
EMPLOYES— 

of  city,  compensation  of,  to  be  fixed  by  assem- 

bly, excepting  day  laborers  ..............     26  3 

ENGINE  HOUSE— 

power  to  erect,  purchase  or  rent  .............     26  3  49 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  197 

ENGINEERS  —  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

power  to  license  same  .......................  26          3           52 

using  steam  boilers  .........................  26           3           52 

ENGROSSMENT  OP  BILLS— 

is  under  supervision  of  committee  ...........  15           3           45 

amendments   to    be   incorporated   by   engross- 

ment   .............................  .  ----  15           3           45 

EPIDEMICS— 

proclamation  of  mayor  in  time  of  ............  8         12         139 

power  of  health  commissioner  in  time  of  .....  8         12         139 

power  of  board  of  health  in  time  of  .........  8         12         139 

expenditures,    how   provided   for  .............  8         12         139 

expenditures  shall  not  exceed  appropriation.  8        12        139 

EQUESTRIAN  PERFORMANCES— 

power  to   license,   regulate,   tax  or  suppress.  26           3           51 

EXAMINERS  OF  TITLES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ...........  26           3           51 

EXPLOSIVES— 

may  regulate  storage  of  .....................  26           3           55 


FARES— 

[See  Street  Railroads.] 
FEES— 

[See  Salaries.] 

no  salaried  officer  to  receive  fees  ............     26          3          53 

for    inspection    of   weights   and    measures,    to 

be  fixed  by  ordinance  ...................     30  4  71 

all  fees  to  be  paid  into  treasury  monthly  .....     18         16         152 
FEMALE  HOSPITAL— 

[See  Hospitals.] 
FERRIES— 

municipal  assembly  may  regulate  and  license.     26  3  50 

may  sell  ferry  privileges  .................  ...      26  3  50 

may  establish  ferry  rates  ...................     26  3  50 

FINANCIAL  AGENTS  AND  BROKERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ..........     26  3  50 

FINES— 

[See  Workhouse.] 

power  to  impose,  collect  and  enforce  .........     26  3  53 

commitment    to    workhouse     for     failure     to 

pay    ...................................      26  3  53 

mayor  may  remit,  etc  .......................     16  4  63 

to  be  unaffected  by  charter,  when  ...........       2         16         147 

cannot  exceed  $500   ........................       12         16         151 


198  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT—  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 
to   be   under   control  of   chief   of  fire   depart- 
ment      1  11  133 

chief  to  be  appointed  by  mayor 1  11  133 

f     9  4  61 

approved   by    council 1 

I     1         11         133 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47  4  7G 

term  of  office 1         11         133 

to  appoint  officers  and  employees  with  ap- 
proval of  mayor 1  11  133 

to  have  charge  of  all  property 1        11 

to   purchase   or   hire   engines,   apparatus    and 

horses,   when 2         11         133 

chief  to  have  police  powers  at  fires 3         11 

assistant  engineer  to   exercise  police   powers 

at  fires   3         11         133 

chief  to  inspect  buildings  in  course  of  con- 
struction— this  duty  transferred  to  com- 
missioner of  public  buildings 5N  11  134 

FIRE  AND  POLICE  TELEGRAPH— 

superintendent     of     to      be      appointed      by 

mayor    2  59 

term  of  office  four  years 2  4  59 

first  appointment  for  two  years 2  4 

approved   by   council 9 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47          4          76 

FIRE-PLACES— 

may  regulate  construction  of 26  55 

FIRE  WALLS— 

may  order  and  regulate  building  of 26  55 

FIREWOOD— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  weighing  of 26 

FIRES— 

power  to  regulate  storage  of  combustible  and 

inflammable  materials 26  55 

power  to  regulate  use  of  lights  and  candles 

in   stables,  etc 26 

power  to  adopt  precautionary  measures 26 

power  to  compel  persons  to  aid  in  extinguish- 
ing of  26  3  55 

power  to  compel  persons  to  aid  in  preserva- 
tion of  property 26 

power  to  enact  stringent  laws,  etc 27 

FISCAL  OFFICERS— 

defined    43  4  74 

FISH— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  vending  of 26  3 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


199 


FLOUR— 
may  regulate  inspection  of  •  

SEC.        ART.     PAGE. 

26           3           52 

FLUES— 
power  to  regulate  building  of 

26           3           55 

FOREST  PARK— 
repeal  of  special  act                                     

6           8         126 

FORESTALLING— 
power  to  restrain  and  punish  same  

26           3           52 

FORFEITURES— 
[See  Fines;   Franchises.] 
power  to  impose   collect  and  enforce   

26           3           53 

of  offices                                •< 

6           3           43 
19           4           64 

to  be  unaffected  by  charter   when 

43           4           75 
2         16         147 

FORTUNE  TELLERS— 
power  to  license,  regulate,  tax  or  suppress.  .  .  . 
FRAME  BUILDINGS— 
power  to  regulate  or  prohibit  erection  of  
regulation  as  to  erection  of           

26           3           51 

26           3           55 
4         11         133 

FRANCHISES— 
[See  Municipal  Assembly;  Street  Railroad.] 
power  to  grant  for  railways    etc 

26           3           54 

assembly  may  sell  franchises  for  street  rail- 
roads and  to  impose  tax  and  license  .... 
surrender  of  franchise    how  effected  

1         10         131 
3         10         131 

to  be  forfeited  unless  put  in  use  within  one 
year 

7         10         132 

FREEHOLDERS— 
[See  Condemnation.] 
FREE  PASSES— 
on  street  railroads  forbidden  

26           3           54 

FRONT  FOOT  RULE— 
in  special  taxation    when 

1           6           94 
14           6         103 

18           6         107 
29           6         119 

FRUIT— 

may  restrain  and  punish  forestalling  of 26  3  52 

FUEL— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  weighing  of 26  3  52 

FUND   COMMISSIONERS— 

board  composed  of 22N        4  67 

to   approve   bond   of   bank   receiving  city   de- 
posits         22  4  67 

revenue  from  water  works,  how  applied 11  7         123 

redemption  of  water  bonds 11  7         12? 


200 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


FUND  COMMISSIONERS— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

proceeds  of  sale  of  parks  to  be  paid  to 4  8         126 

disposition     of     proceeds     of     O'Fallon     Park 

bonds    5  8         126 

disposition    of   assets   of   sinking   fund   under 

control  of  fund  commissioners   4         14         143 

FUNDS— 

[See   Sinking  Fund,   Harbor  and   Wharf  and 
Water  Works.] 

current  of  city,  to  be  deposited 22  4  67 

for  erecting  public  buildings 1  5  79 

r  22  4  66 

24  4  68 

30  4  71 

collections  by  city  officers  to  be  paid  into  city        „  r 

J         (  O  5!J 

t^ury    I  31  5  89 

9  9  123 

[  18  16  152 

designation   of    6  5  80 

f     8  7         122 

water  works   •<  ^  7         ^3 

harbor   fund    7  9         129 

o 

GAMBLING  HOUSES— 

power  to   suppress 26  3  51 

GAS— 

city  may  regulate  price  and  quality  of 26  3         52 

GAS  COMMISSIONER— 

member  of  B.  P.  I.,  when  appointed 4  4  60 

to  be  appointed  by  mayor,  when 4  4  60 

to  have  control  of  all  property  belonging  to 

gas  works 40  4  73 

shall    supervise   erection,    repairing,    lighting, 

etc.,    of    street   lamps 40  4  73 

GAS  PIPE— 

connections  to  be  regulated  by  the  board  of 

public    improvements 13  6         101 

GAS  WORKS— 

city  may  purchase  and  hold  property  for 1  1 

to  be  under  charge  of  gas  commissioner 40  4  73 

GAUGE— 

uniform  gauge  for  street  railroads 4  10  132 

GENERAL  ORDINANCES— 

[See  Ordinances.] 

revision  of  required  every  five  years 29  3  56 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  201 

GENERAL  WELFARE  CLAUSE—  SEC.      ART.    PACE. 

city  may  pass  ordinances  to  maintain  peace, 

good  government,  and  general  welfare...     26  3  55 

GIFT  ENTERPRISES  — 

power  to  license,  regulate,  tax  or  suppress.  ...     26  3  51 

GIFTS— 

[See  Donations.] 

city   may   receive   same    for     charitable    and 

other    purposes    ........................       1  1  26 

f  30  3  56 

city  cannot  make,  when  ....................  .'33  3  57 

(  11         16         150 
GOATS— 

may  regulate  and  forbid  running  at  large...     26  3  53 

GRADE— 

[See  Special  Taxation.] 

city  to  pay  damages  by  change  of  ...........     19  6         107 

GRADING— 

of  streets,  partial  ...........................     14          6        105 

special    taxation    for  ........................     18  6         106 

GRAVE  YARDS— 

all  interments  to  be  reported  weekly  .........     11         12         140 

interments  forbidden  without  certificate  .....     12         12         140 

penalty  for  failure  to  report  weekly  ..........     13         12         J40 

GROCER— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ............     26  3  50 

GROUNDS— 

public,  power  to  sell,  lease,  etc  ...............     26  3  50 

GUARANTY— 

in  contracts  for  public  work  ...............   c   14  6         102 

{   15  6         105 

GUNPOWDER,  ETC.— 

power  to  regulate  storage  of  same  ...........     26  3  55 


HACKNEY  CARRIAGES— 

power  to  license  and  tax  ......................  26  3  51 

HALLS— 

public,  power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate...     26  3  51 

HARBOR— 

[See      Harbor     and     Wharf     Commissioner; 

Harbor  and  Wharf  Department.] 
power  to  construct  improvements   in  ........     26  3  50 

to  regulate  wharves  and  marine  railways....     26  3  50 

to  guide  or  deflect  currents  of  river  .........     26  3  50 

to  regulate  and  license  ferries,  towboats,  etc.     26  3  50 

to  sell  ferry  privileges  and  regulate  ferries..      26  3  50 


202  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


HARBOR—  Continued. 

SEC. 

ART. 

PAGE. 

to  create  office  of  port  wardens  and  regulate 

the  mooring  of  vessels  

26 

3 

50 

to  charge  and  collect  wharfage  and   tonnage 

dues,  levee  rates,  etc  

26 

3 

50 

limits  of  harbor  

3 

9 

128 

HARBOR  AND  WHARF  COMMISSIONER— 

term  of  office  

2 

4 

59 

shall  be  member  of  board  of  public  improve- 

ments     

3 

4 

59 

f 

3 

4 

59 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor  -j 

2 

9 

128 

r 

9 

4 

61 

approved    by   council  < 

2 

9 

128 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor  

47 

4 

76 

shall  be  head  of  harbor  department  

34 

4 

72 

shall  have  charge  of  construction  of  repairs 

of  dykes,  wharf  and  levee  

38 

4 

73 

shall  have  charge  of  execution    of    all    ordi- 

nances in  reference  to  harbor  

38 

4 

73 

shall  furnish  collector  information,  when.... 

38 

4 

73 

to  devote  whole  time  to  duties  of  his  office.  .  .  . 

2 

9 

128 

official  term  and  bond  

•2 

9 

128 

his  salary,  deputies  and  assistants  

2 

9 

128 

jurisdiction   of  commissioner  

4 

9 

128 

regulating    the     landing    and     stationing    of 

boats,     etc  

5 

9 

129 

direct  removal  of  cargo  and  freights  

5 

9 

129 

keep  wharf  and  shore  free  from  obstructions. 

5 

9 

•  129 

authority  and  duties  of  commissioner  

5 

9 

129 

shall   make  out  bills  for  wharfage  and  levee 

dues,  etc  

6 

9 

129 

shall    report  violations    of    city     ordinances, 

when    

9 

9 

130 

HARBOR  AND  WHARF  DEPARTMENT— 

to  be  under  control  of  harbor  and  wharf  com- 

missioner     

1 

9 

128 

collections  from  harbor  to  be  placed  to  credit 

of   harbor  fund  

7 

9 

129 

moneys  collected,  how  applied  

7 

9 

129 

moorings  of  wharf  boats  

8 

9 

129' 

owners   of  wharfboats    forbidden    to    receive 

commissions,  when   

9 

9 

130 

penaltv    for    violating  

9 

9 

130 

wharfboats  not  to  affect  wharfage  dues  

10 

9 

130 

HAWKERS  AND  PEDDLERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  

86 

3 

51 

IMM-X  TO  CHARTER. 

HAY—  >i  i          v 

may  regulate  inspection  and  weighing  of  3 

HEALTH— 

public,  may  be  secured  by  necessary  meas  ;?          55 

IIKAI.TH  COMMISSIONER— 

1  See  Board  of  Health,  Health  Department] 

appointed  by  mayor  I         12        KM 

approved  by  council.  ,j     ]        12        ^ 

shall  devote  his  whole  time  to  duties  of  office.     11  63 

H i:\LTH  DEPARTMENT— 
[See  Board  of  Health.] 

creation  of 1        12        135 

to  be  controlled  by  board  of  health  and  health 

commissioner    .  1         12        135 

health  commissioner  to  be  appointed  by  mayor       l         12        135 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor. . .  3        12        186 

term  of  office  and  bond 1        12  185 

qualification   of 1        12  135 

duties  of  commissioner :'        12  136 

may  make  rules  and  regulations  with  approval 

of  board  .  3  12  136 

may  appoint  employes  with  approval  of 

board  3  12  t:?r, 

may  examine  buildings,  lots,  etc 3        12  i  :'.''• 

may  require  employe  of  police  force  to  ex- 
amine    3  12  136 

may  declare  or  abate  nuisances 3        12  136 

condemnations  must  be  approved  by  board 

of  health  ...  3  i :  136 

action  of  board  of  health  to  be  final 3        12  i  :'.r, 

commissioner  shall  obey  all  orders  of  board.  3        12  i  :'.«'• 

shall  provide  for  registration  of  births, 

marriages  and  deaths. i  12  187 

shall  have  charge  of  hospitals,  asylums,  etc. . .  i        12  137 

superintendent  of  hospitals,  how  appointed...  5        12  137 

superintendent  of  insane  asylum,  how  ap- 
pointed    i"  i:?7 

appointment  of  employes  by  health  commis- 
sioner 12  187 

power  of  board  and  commissioner  in  refer- 
ence to  nuisances . .  6  12 

notification  to  owners .  6        12  i:?7 

penalty   for   failure  to  abate...  6  i:i7 

notico  by  publication •           12  KIS 


204  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

cost  of  abatement  to  be  assessed  as  special  tax, 

when    6         12         138 

contracts    for    abatement 7         12         138 

proclamation  in  times  of  epidemic 8         12         139 

authority  of  commissioner  and  board  in  such 

cases    8         12         139 

extraordinary  powers  to  cease  upon  order  by 

mayor    8         12         139 

record  of  acts  and  order  of  commissioner. . .       9         12         139 
duties    of    physicians    in   reference    to    burial 

certificates   10         12         139 

all  interments  to  be  reported  weekly  to  com- 
missioner          11         12         140 

reports  to  specify  names,  ages,  etc 11         12         140 

board  of  health  to  keep  a  full  record  of  pro- 
ceedings         14         12         140 

clerk  of  commissioner  to  be  clerk  of  board. . .     14         12         140 
HIGHWAYS— 

[See  Streets,  Alleys,  etc.] 

citizens  exempted  from  working  on 8         16         149 

HOGS— 

may  regulate  and  prohibit  running  at  large..     26  3  53 

HOLIDAY— 

legislative  act  prescribed  half,  on  Saturday.  .     UN        4  62 

HOROSCOPIC  VIEWS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26          3          51 

HORSE  AND  CATTLE  DEALERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  50 

HOSPITALS— 

city  may  purchase  and  hold  property  for 1  1  26 

power  to  establish  and  regulate  same 26  3  51 

to  be  in   charge  of  health  commissioner  and    • 

board  of  health 4         32         137 

superintendent  of  city  hospital,  how  appointed, 

etc    5         12         137 

superintendent    of    female    hospital,    how    ap- 
pointed            5         12         137 

superintendent    of    insane    asylum,    how   ap- 

. pointed    5         12         137 

superintendent      of      quarantine,      how      ap- 
pointed, etc 5         12         137 

HOT  AIR  FLUES— 

may  order  and  regulate  building  of 26  3  55 

HOTELS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  50 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  205 

HOURS —  SEC.  ART.  TAGE. 

for  municipal   service 11  4  62 

Saturday  half  holiday,  by  state  law UN  4  62 

HOUSE  OF  CORRECTION— 

city  may  purchase  and  hold  property  for 1  1  26 

power  to  erect,  purchase  or  rent '. . . .  26  3  49 

HOUSE  OF  DELEGATES— 
[See  Municipal  Assembly.] 

branch  of  municipal  assembly. 1  3  41 

to  consist  of  one  member  from  each  ward ....       4  3  42 

to  be  elected  every  two  years 4  3  42 

,5  3  42 

qualifications   of 'members   of   house    of   dele-       6  3  42 

gates    j  10  4  61 

[  19  4  64 

oath    for    members 6  3  42 

members   of,   shall  not  be   interested   in   city  (     6  .  3  42 

contracts   j  10  4  61 

to  forfeit  office,  when 6  3  43 

vacancy  in,  how  filled 7  3  43 

to  appoint  its  own  officers. 8  3  43 

to  be  sole  judge  of  election  of  its  own  mem- 
bers             8  3  43 

tie  vote  to  be  certified  to  mayor 8  3  43 

may  adopt  rules  to  govern  proceedings 8  3  43 

may  arrest  and  punish  for  contempt 8  3  43 

may  expel  a  member  by  a  two-thirds  vote. ...       8  3  43 
presiding         officer         to        be         designated 

"speaker" 8  3  .43 

majority  of  members  necessary  for  quorum..       8  3  43 
lesser    number    may    adjourn     from     day     to 

day 8  3  43 

may  compel  attendance  of  absent  members...       8  3  43 

sessions  to  be  held  with  open  doors 8  3  43 

consent  of  both  houses  necessary  to  adjourn 

for  more  than  seven  days 8  3  43 

to  keep  a  journal  of  proceedings 9  3  44 

members  may  demand  yeas  and  nays 9  3  44 

members  absent  without  leave  to  forfeit  one 

dollar    14  3  45 

compensation   of  members 14  3  45 

power  to  compel  attendance  of  witnesses  and 

production  of  papers 31  3  56 

speaker  or  chairman  of  any  committee  author- 
ized to  administer  oaths  to  witnesses 31  3  57 

speaker    of,    to    discharge    duties    of    mayor 

when 17  4  63 


206  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

HOUSE  OF  REFUGE—  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 
superintendent     of     shall     be     appointed     by 

mayor 2  4  59 

approved    by   council 9  4  61 

term  of  office  four  years 2  4  59 

first  appointment  for  two  years 2  4  59 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47  4  76 

HOUSES  OF  ASSIGNATION— 

power  to    suppress 26  3  51 

HOUSES  OF  ILL-FAME— 

power   to   suppress 26  3  51 

HUCKSTERS— 

may  be  regulated  and  suppressed 26  3  51 


I 

IMPROVEMENT  ORDINANCE— 

(    1  6  94 

requisite  of  ................................  J  14  6  101 

(  15  6  105 

may    specify   term   of  years   for   which   work  ,  14  6  102 

shall  be  maintained  .....................  {  15  6  105 

estimate  of  cost  to  be  endorsed  on  ...........     15  6  105 

to  contain  specific  appropriation  .............     28  6  118 

IMPROVEMENTS— 

[See  Board  of  Public  Improvements;  Condem- 
nation;   Ordinances;    Public  Improvements; 
Special      Taxation;       Special      Tax     Bills; 
Streets,  Alleys,  etc.] 
ordered  by  ordinance  only  ..................     14  5  82 

93 


recommended  by    board    of    public    improve- 
ments....    .  ........................... 


j 
I   ' 


15  6         105 

INDEBTEDNESS— 

how  provided  for  ...........................       1  5  78 

INSANE  ASYLUM— 

power  to  erect,  purchase  or  rent  ............     26  3  49 

to  be  in   charge  of  health  commissioner  and 

board   of  health  .........................       5         12         137 

superintendent  of,  "how  appointed,  etc  ........       5         12         137 

INSANE  PERSONS— 

power  to  provide  for  support  and  maintenance 

of    .  26  3  55 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  207 

INSPECTION—                                                       SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

of  lumber  and  building  material 26  3  52 

of   steam  boilers 26  3  52 

of  steam  heating  apparatus 26  3  52 

of  various  articles  of  food  and  manufacture..  26  3  52 

of  hay  and  stone  coal 26  3  52 

of  all  kinds  of  fuel 26  3  52 

of  meat,  poultry,  fish,  etc 26  3  52 

articles  of  shipment  exempt 26  3  53 

of  scales,  weights  and  measures 30  4  71 

fees  to  be  fixed  by  assembly 30  4  71 

use  of  uninspected   scales,   weights   or  meas- 
ures  prohibited    30  4  71 

INSPECTION   OF   BUILDINGS— 
[See  Buildings.] 

(  52 

of  buildings,  lots,  etc 26  3  <  r* 

(  54 

regulations  as  to  frame  buildings 4  11  133 

chief  of  fire  department  to  inspect  all  build- 
ings in  course  of  construction 5  11  134 

duty,   transferred   to   commissioner   of  public 

buildings    SN  11  134 

INSPECTOR  OP  WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES— 

must  be  qualified  by  practical  experience 26  3  53 

to  be  elected  every  four  years 1  4  59 

shall  inspect  all  scales,  weights  and  measures.  30  4  71 

assembly  to  fix  fees  for  inspection 30  4  71 

inspector    to    report    collections     monthly     to 

comptroller 30  4  71 

to  pay  collections  daily  into  city  treasury...  30  4  71 

to  keep  record  of  inspections 30  4  71 

shall  receive  a  fixed  salary  for  services 30  4  71 

use  of  uninspected   scales,   weights  or   meas- 
ures  prohibited    30  4  71 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47  4  76 

blanks  to  be  returned 8  5  81 

INSPECTORS  AND  GAUGERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  51 

INSTALLMENTS— 

[See  Special  Tax  Bills.] 

certain  special  tax  bills  payable  in 25  6  114 

INSURANCE  AGENTS— 

power  to  license,  tax,  etc 26  3  51 

INSURANCE  COMPANIES— 

power  to  tax,  license  and  regulate 26  3  51 

INTELLIGENCE  OFFICES— 

power  to  license,  tax,  regulate  or  suppress.  26  3  51 


208  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

INTEREST —  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

city  not  liable  for,  when  11  6  100 

when  payable  in  installments 25  6  114 

on  special  tax  bills 25  6  115 

on  special  tax  bills  for  street  sprinking 29  6  119 

INTERMENTS— 

weekly  report  of,  to  be  made  to  health  commis- 
sioner      11  12  140 

reports  to  specify  names,  ages,  etc 11  12  140 

penalty  for  burial  without  certificate 12  12  140 

penalty  for  failure  to  report 13  12  140 


J 

JAILER— 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor  .................       2  4  59 

term  of  office  four  years  .....................       2  4  59 

first  appointment  to  be  for  two  years  .........       2  4  59 

approved   by   council  ........................       9  4  61 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor  ..........     47  4  76 

JOINT  DISTRICT  SEWERS— 
[See  Sewers.] 

JUDGMENTS— 

temporary  loans  authorized  to  meet  same  ....     20  4 

in  condemnation  proceedings  ................     10  6         100 

against  city  for  damages  ....................       9N       16         149 

to  be  first  enforced  against  other  defendants.       9         16         150 
liability  of  the  city  limited  .................       9         16         150 

JURORS— 

assembly  may  fix  compensation  of  ............     26 

JUSTICES— 

[See  Police  Justices.] 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE— 

concurrent    jurisdiction    with    police   justices, 

when    ..................................     26  4  69 

jurisdiction   of   .............................     27  4  69 

hold  police  court,  when  .....................     27  4  70 


KETTLE— 

may  remove  or  prevent  construction  of  .....     26  55 


LABORERS,  DAY— 

assembly  may  not  establish  compensation  of.     26  53 

LAND  COMMISSIONER— 

when  city  counselor  shall  act  as  .............       4         16         148 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  209 

LARD SEC.        ART.     PAGE. 

city  may  regulate  inspection  of 26  3  52 

LATHS— 

power  to  collect  wharfage  on 26  3  .50 

LAWYERS— 

power  to  tax  and  regulate 26  3  50 

state  law  forbids  taxing  as 26N  3  50 

LEASE— 

[See  Wharf.] 

city  may  lease  property |  26          g          "^ 

I  65 

of  parks,  squares,  etc.,  how  made 4  8         126 

LECTURES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26          3          50 

LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT— 

[See  Council;  House  of  Delegates;   Municipal 

Assembly.] 
LEGISLATIVE  POWER— 

[See  Municipal  Assembly.] 
LEGISLATIVE  POWERS— 

[See  Municipal  Assembly,  and  the  Various 
Subjects  and  Objects  of  Legislative 
Action.] 

vested  in  municipal  assembly 1  3  41 

of  mayor  and  assembly 26  3  48 

LEGISLATIVE    PROCEEDINGS— 

[See  Municipal  Assembly;   Ordinances.] 
LEVEE— 

[See  Harbor  and  Wharf  Department] 
LEVEE  RATES— 

[See  Wharfage.] 
LICENSE  COLLECTOR— 

license  tax  collected  by 3lN        5          89 

LICENSES— 

power  to  license  trades,  avocations,  etc 26          3          50 

to  be  collected  by  collector.. 

\3lN         5  89 

power   of   assembly  to  provide   for   levy   and 

collection  of 4  5  80 

blank  licenses,  how  issued 5  5  80 

blanks  to  be  returned 8  5  81 

for  use  of  water,   how  issued 10  7  123 


210  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

LIENS —  SEC.        ART.     PAGE. 

special  tax  bills,  when 

streets,  openings    5  6  98 

f  25  6         113 

other  special  tax  bills ^29          6        119 

(    6         12         138 

limitation  of  25  6         115 

LIGHTS— 

use  of,  in  stables,   shops,  etc.,   may  be   regu- 
lated         26  3  55 

LIMITATIONS— 

of  lien  of  special  tax  bill 25  6         115 

LIQUORS— 

may  regulate  inspection  of 26  3 

LIVERY  STABLES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26          3          51 

may   regulate   use  of  light  in 26  3  55 

LOANS— 

[See  Borrow  Money.] 
LOGS— 

power  to  collect  wharfage  on 26          3          50 

LOT— 

meaning  of  term  as  used  in  charter 14          6        105 

LOTTERY  TICKET  DEALERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  or  suppress 26  3  51 

LUMBER— 

power  to  collect  wharfage  on 26  3  50 

inspection    of    26  3  52 

LUNG  TESTEBS— 

power  to  tax,  regulate  or  suppress 26          3          51 


MAGNIFYING  GLASSES— 

power  to  license,  tax  or  suppress 26  3  51 

MAINTENANCE— 

(I  6  94 

I    14  6         102 

in  contracts  for  public  work J 

j    15  6         lOo 

[  17  6         106 

MANUFACTURE— 

of  articles  detrimental  to  health  may  be  pre- 
vented          26  3  52 

MARINE  RAILWAYS— 

municipal  assembly  may  regulate  same 26  3  50 

MARKET  PRODUCTS— 

may  restrain  and  punish  forestalling  of,  etc..     26  3  52 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  211 

MARKKTS  A  in.    PAGE. 

power  to  erect,  purchase  or  rent  .............     26  3  50 

city  may  designate  place  in  city  for  sale  of 

articles    .....  .•  ..........................      26  3  52 

condemnation  of  private  property  for  ........       2          6          96 

JHARRIAG 

power  to  enforce  registration  of  .............     26  3  51 

health  corn  rriisHi  oner  to  provide   for  registra- 

tion   of    ................................       4         12         137 

MARSHAL— 

[See  "Marshal"  in  Index  to  Scheme.) 

shall  he  elected  for  four  years  ...............       1  4  59 

may  have   such   deputies  as  are   provided    by 

ordinance    .............................     14  4  62 

duties  of  ...................................     31  4  71 

to  serve  notice  of  special  tax  bills 


J 


shall  keep  a  detailed  account  of  the  receipts 

of  money   ..............................     31  4  71 

shall  report  receipts  and  delinquencies 

monthly   to   comptroller  .................     31  4  71 

may  appoint  deputies  with  approval  of 

mayor    ......  .  ..........................     31  4  71 

Al  4  76 

report  of 


48          4  76 

nre  pror-ess  of  circuit  court,  when 6  97 

action  against  for  false  return 25  6         113 

OJ  fCRADES— 

power  to  license,  regulate  or  suppress 26          3          50 

MAYOR— 

to  order  an  election  to  fill  vacancy  in  assem- 
bly           7  3  43 

to  order  a  new   election    in    case    of    a    tie 

vote     8  3  43 

to  approve  or  disapprove  ordinances  within  ten 

days  2.°,  3  47 

may  approve  or  reject  items  of  appropriation, 

when    24  3  47 

to  submit  to  assembly  statement  of  items  ob- 
jected   to    24  .",  47 

to    transmit  statement   of   items   objected    to, 

ro  roister,  when  24  '.',  48 

of  ordinances :',  48 

veto — how  disposed   of  in   assembly 2~>  •'  48 

|f:gisla.tiv<  of  mayor  and  fjxxembly.  .  .  .      26  3  48 

summary  power  of  in  referent  to  nn  2G  '.',  ',2 

elected  for  four  years ]  4  ~>r) 


212  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

MAYOR— Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

officers  appointed  by 2  4  59 

first  appointment  under  charter  to  be  for  two 

years 2  4  59 

subsequent     appointments    to     be     made     at 

beginning  of  third  year  of  mayor's  term.  2  4  59 

shall  appoint  board  of  public  improvements  3  4  59 

may  suspend  elected  officers 5  4  60 

may  temporarily  fill  vacancies 5  4  60 

shall    notify    council    of    the    suspension     of 

elective   officers    6  4  60 

shall  present  charges  to  council 6  4  60 

shall  furnish  copy  of  charges  to  officers 6  4  60 

removal  of  appointive  officers  by 7  4  60 

shall  notify  council  of  such  removal 7  4  60 

may  temporarily  fill  vacancies,  when 7  4  60 

may  remove  officers  elected  by  council 7  4  60 

appointment     by     mayor,     no     confirmation, 

when    8  4  61 

shall  fill  vacancies  created  by  council 8  4  61 

appointments   by   mayor  to   be   confirmed   by 

council    9  4  61 

may   continue   to  nominate   until   nominee  is 

confirmed    9  4  61 

new  nominations  to  be  made  within  ten  days 

from  rejection  of  nominee 9  4  61 

,-  10  4  61 

qualifications  of  mayor 15  4  63 

(  19  4  64 
not  required   to   devote   entire    time    to     the 

duties    of    office 11  4  62 

to  remove  or  suspend  officer  failing  to  devote 

entire  time  to  duties  of  office 11  4  G2 

removal   of    mayor 12  4  62 

vacancy  in  mayor's  office,  how  filled 13  4  62 

may  remove  any  assistant  for  cause 14  4  63 

office  to  be  in  City  Hall 14  4  63 

to  be  chief  executive  officer  of  city 15  4  63 

property     qualification     forbidden     by     state 

law    15N  4  63 

general  duties  of  mayor 16  4  63 

to  enforce  laws  and  ordinances 16  4  63 

may   remit  fines,    costs,    forfeitures  and   pen- 
alties,   when 16  4  63 

may    appoint     persons    to     examine    depart- 
ments   .  16  4  63 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  213 

MAYOR — Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

absence*  or  incapacity    of    mayor,    how    pro- 
vided  for 17           4           63 

may  call  special  session  of  assembly 18           4           64 

permanent  residence  of,  to  be  within  city 19          4          64 

may  authorize  legal  proceedings 20           4          64 

shall  approve  requisition  in  payment  of  public 

debt   20          .4          64 

to  approve  bond  of  comptroller 20           4           65 

to   approve   temporary   loans    to    meet    judg- 
ments      20           4           65 

to  approve  acts  of  comptroller,  when 20           4           65 

to  execute  quit-claim  deed,  when 20          4          65 

to  approve  bond  of  auditor 21          4          66 

to  select,  with  comptroller  and  treasurer,  bank 

for  current  deposits  of  city  funds 22          4          67 

official  acts  to  be  attested  by  register 23          4          68 

to  approve  bond  of  collector 24           4           68 

may  direct  prosecution  of  cases  before  justices 

of  the  peace 26          4          69 

may     designate     places     for     police     courts, 

when     27           4           70 

to  approve  all   contracts  by  commissioner  of 

supplies    29          4          71 

process  or  orders  to  be  executed  by  marshal.  .31          4          71 

city  counselor  to  advise  mayor 32          4          72 

may  require  reports  from  city  counselor 32          4          72 

may   direct   city   counselor    to     aid     city    at- 
torney   32           4           72 

shall  order  suits  to  be  commenced  against  de- 
linquent officers  43           4           75 

may   settle   disputes  between  officers  respect- 
ing  their   duties 44          4          75 

shall  enforce  contracts 46           4           75 

shall   submit   annual    reports    with    message 

to    assembly    47           4           75 

shall  fill  vacancies  created  by  commissioners 

of    charitable    institutions 49           4           77 

shall   not  re-appoint  any  person  removed   by 

commissioners    49           4           77 

may  allow  accounts,  when 13           5           82 

duty  in  reference  to  collector's  bond 30           5           88 

shall  approve  the  suspension  of  work  on  con- 
tract      28           6         J 18 

shall  approve  bonfl  of  assessor  and  collector 

of  water  rates   8           7         122 


214  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

MAYOR— Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 
may     suspend     assessor     and     collector     of, 

when    9  7  123 

shall  approve  appointments  of  park  commmis- 

sioner    2  8  125 

shall     demand     proceeds     of     O'Pallon     Park 

bonds,  when    5  8  126 

to  approve  deputies  and  assistants  of  harbor 

and  wharf  commissioner 2  9  128 

to  be  notified  of  surrender  of  street  railroad 

franchises    3  10  131 

shall  appoint  chief  of  fire  department 1  11  133 

shall  approve  appointments  by  chief 1  11  133 

shall  approve  purchases  by  chief 2  11  133 

shall   approve   recommendations   to   the   com- 
missioner of  supplies,  when 2  11  133 

shall  appoint  health!  commissioner 1  12  135 

may   remove   same 1  12  135 

shall  be  member  and  president  of   board  of 

health    , 2  12  135 

shall  appoint  superintendent  of  city  hospital.  5  12  137 
shall  appint    superintendent    of    female    hos- 
pital      5  12  137 

shall      appoint      superintendent      of      insane 

asylum    5  12  137 

shall  appoint  superintendent  of  quarantine..  5  12  137 
shall    approve     contracts     for     abatement     of 

nuisances   7  12  139 

proclamation  of  in  time  of  epidemics 8  12  139 

may  forfeit  contract  for  printing,  when 1  15  146 

may  approve  temporary  contract  for  printing, 

when   1  15  146 

shall  promulgate  Scheme  and  Charter 5  16  148 

shall  execute  appeal  bonds  for  city 6  16  148 

OFFICERS   APPOINTED  BY   MAYOR   UNDER  CHARTER 
PROVISIONS — 

City  Counselor   2  4  59 

Superintendent  House  of  Refuge 2  4  59 

Superintendent  Work  House 2  4  59 

Commissioner  of  Supplies 2  4 

Assessor  and  Collector  of  Water  Rates 2  4  59 

Superintendent  of  Fire  and  Police  Telegraph.  2  4  59 

Jailer    2  4  59 

(2)   Police  Justices 2  4  59 

City   Attorney 2  4  59 

(5)  Commissioners  on  Charitable  Institutions.  2  4  59 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  215 

MAYOR — Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE 

OEFICERS  APPOINTED  BY  MAYOR  UNDER  CHARTER 
PROVISIONS— Continued. 

2  4  59 

(10)  District  Assessors 


15  5  82 

Street  Commissioner   3  4  59 

Sewer  Commissioner  3  4  59 

3  4  59 


Water  Commissioner   -^     -  _         1 0ft 

Harbor  and  Wharf  Commissioner 

^        6  1/0 

Park  Commissioner •! 

/I  o  1^5 

Gas  Commissioner,  when 4  4  60 

Chief  of  Fire  Department 1        11        133 

C    5  4  60 

May  fill  vacancies,  when '. J     8  4  61 

(49  4  77 

Health  Commissioner 1         12         135 

(2)  Members  of  Board  of  Health 2         12         135 

Superintendent  of  City  Hospital 5         12         137 

Superintendent  of  Female  Hospital 5         12         137 

Superintendent  of  Insane  Asylum 5         12         137 

Superintendent  of  Quarantine 5        12        137 

OFFICERS  APPOINTED  BY  MAYOR  UNDER  PROVISIONS 
OF  MUNICIPAL  CODE — 

Commissioner  of  Public  Buildings 5 

Board  of  Appeals  from  Commissioner  of  Public 

Buildings  (3),  one  every  year 246 

City  Chemist 473 

Superintendent  of  Poor  House 794 

Clerk  for  First  District  Police  Court 1192 

Clerk  for  Second  District  Police  Court 1192 

Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Police  Court  south  of 

Arsenal  Street   1240 

Clerk  for  Police  Court  south  of  Arsenal  Street.1241 
Attorney  for  Police  Court    south    of    Arsenal 

Street  1242 

Assistant  City  Attorney , 1264 

Associate  City  Counselor 1276 

Second  Associate  City  Counselor 1279 

Assistant  City  Counselor 1281 

Market  Master,  Union  Market   1356 

Market  Master,  Soulard  Market 1356 

Market  Master,  South  Market 1356 

Inspector  of  Boilers  and  Elevators 2196 

(2)  Members  of  Board  of  Engineers 2201 


216  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

MAYOR— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

OFFICERS  APPOINTED  BY  MAYOR  UNDER  PROVISIONS 
OF  MUNICIPAL  CODE — Continued. 

(3)  Auditing  Committee  2273 

Weigher  of  Scales,  North  Levee  2410 

Weigher  of  Scales,  South  Levee 2410 

Weigher  of  Scales,  City  Market 2410 

Weigher  of  Scales,  Bridge   2410 

Weigher  of  Scales,  Thorpe    2410 

Lumber  Inspector  and  Deputies,  when 2447 

OFFICERS  APPOINTED  BY  MAYOR  UNDER  ORDINANCE 
PROVISIONS—  ORDINANCE. 

Factory  Inspector   20074 

Smoke  Inspector  and  Five  Deputies 20583 

City  Bacteriologist    20640 

UNDER  STATUTORY  PROVISIONS— 

Board  of  Managers  of  House  of  Refuge,  four; 
one  to  be  appointed  each  year.       (2  R.  S. 
Mo.,     1890,     page     2553,     and     Sec.     432, 
M.  Code.) 
MEAL— 

may  regulate  inspection  of 26  3  52 

MEASURER— 

[See  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures.] 

inspector  of,  duties  and  compensation 30  4  71 

MEASURES— 

power  to  regulate  and  establish  standard  of.     26  3  52 

power  to  provide  for  inspection  of 26  3  52 

MEAT— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  vending  of 26  3  52 

MEAT  SHOPS— 

power     to     establish,     license     and     regulate 

same    26  3  50 

MENAGERIES— 

power  to  license  or  suppress 26  3  51 

MERCANTILE  AGENTS— 

power  to  license,  regulate  or  suppress 26          3          51 

MERCHANTS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26          3          50 

METROPOLITAN  POLICE— 

[See  Police.] 
MILK— 

may  regulate  inspection  of 26  3  52 

MOLASSES— 

may  regulate  inspection  of 26          3  52 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


217 


MONEYS— 

SEC.        ART.     PAGE. 

power  to  borrow  on  credit  of  city  

26           3           48 

power  to  appropriate  money  of  city  

26           3           48 

to  be  deposited  in  banks  

22           4           67 

• 

f  22           4           66 

24           4           68 

30           4           71 

all  collections  to  be  paid  into  city  treasury.    < 

7           5           80 

31           5           89 

9           9         123 

v  18         16         152 

failure  of  officers  to  pay  over  

43           4           75 

classification   of   funds    

6           5           80 

shall  not  be  paid   out   of  treasury  except  on 

fll           5           81 

auditor's   warrant  

I    3         14         143 

shall  not  be  expended  except  by  ordinance.. 

14           5    '       82 

collected  from  water  works,  how  applied  

11           7         123 

collected  from  harbor  tax,  etc.,  how  applied. 

7           9         129 

penalty  for  misapplication  of  

11         16         150 

MULLANPHY    BEQUEST— 

administration  of    

3         16         148 

board   of  thirteen   members  to   be  elected  by 

council    

3         16         148 

not  more   than   five  shall   reside  in  any  one 

congressional   district    

3         16         148 

board  to  receive  no  compensation  

3         16         148 

MUNICIPAL  ASSEMBLY— 

[See  Legislative  Powers;  Ordinances;  Vote.] 
to  establish  corrected  ward  limits  every  five 

years   

correction  to  be  based  on  number  of  registered 

voters  in  each  ward 

legislative  power  of  city  vested  in 

to  be  composed  of  two  houses 

style  of  assembly 

council  to  consist  of  thirteen  members  elected 
at  large   


qualifications  of  members  of  council, 


terms  of  members  of  council  first  elected.... 
house  of  delegates  to  be  composed  of  one  mem- 
ber from  each  ward 

delegates  to  be  elected  every  two  years 


4 
1 

26 
1 
1 

2 
2 
6 

10 

19 

3 

4 
4 


38 

38 
41 

48 
41 
41 

41 
41 
42 
61 
64 
42 

42 
42 


218  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

MUNICIPAL  ASSEMBLY— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

f    5  3  42 

qualifications   of   members    of   house    of   dele-  I  6           3           42 

gates    j  10           4           61 

|  19           4           64 

not  to  be  interested  in  city  contracts "6  3  42 

corrupt  practices  or  crimes 6           3           42 

members  ceasing  to  possess  qualifications  to 

forfeit  office .  6           3           43 

vacancies  in  assembly,  how  filled 7           3           43 

each  house  to  appoint  its  own  officers 8          3          43 

tie  vote  to  be  certified  to  mayor 8          3          43 

each  house   may  adopt  rules  to   govern  pro- 
ceedings       8           3           43 

may  expel  members  by  two-thirds  vote 8           3           43 

each   house   may   arrest  and   punish   for   con- 
tempt      8           3           43 

presiding  member  of  council  to  be  designated 

"president"    8           3           43 

president   to  be   elected    as   such    on   general 

ticket    8           3           4a 

presiding  officer  of  house  of  delegates  to  be 

designated    as    "speaker" 8          3          43 

majority  of  members  elect  of  each  house  nec- 
essary for  quorum 8           3           43 

consent  of  both  houses  necessary  for  adjourn- 
ment for  more  than  seven  days 8           3           43 

may  adjourn  from  day  to  day 8           3           43 

power  as  to  election   and  return  of  qualifica- 
tion of  members 8           3           43 

session   of  each  house  to   be  held   with   open 

doors     9           3           43 

two  members  may  demand  yeas  and  nays. ...  9           3           44 

journal  of  proceedings 9           3           44 

members  to   be   ineligible     for    office    during 

term 10           3           44 

members  of  cannot  hold  another  office 10          3          44 

no  member  to  be  an  employe  of  city  during 

term    10           3           44 

one   session   of  the   assembly  to   be   held    an- 
nually      11           3           44 

session  to  commence  the    third    Tuesday    in 

April    11           3           44 

style    of   ordinances 12 

origin,  amendment  and  passage  of  bills 13                      44 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  219 

MUNICIPAL  ASSEMBLY- Continued.  SEC.  ART.    PAGE. 

bills  not  to  contain  more  than  one  subject  to 
be  clearly  expressed  in  title  except  appro- 
priation   13  3  44 

certain  bills  to  be  reported  within,  40  days 

from  time  of  reference  to  committee 13  3  45 

in  case  of  failure  bill  will  be  considered  before 

house  or  council 13  3  45 

to  be  acted  upon  by  committee  of  the  whole ...  13  3           45 

compensation    of    members 14  3           45 

members  absent  without  leave  to  forfeit  one 

dollar 14  3  45 

(  26  3  48 

to  assess,  levy  and  collect  taxes j     1  5  78 

to  condemn  private  property 26  3           49 

to  borrow  money  on  the  faith  and  credit  of 

the    city 26  3           49 

(26  3  49 

to  appropriate  money  of  the  city -j     2  \R        145 

to  establish,  open,  vacate  and  improve  streets, 

etc 26  3  49 

to  provide  for  grading,  lighting,  cleaning  and 

repairing  streets  26  3  49 

to  construct  and  keep  in  repair  bridges, 

sewers,  etc 26  3  49 

to  control  water-course's 26  3  49 

to  establish  and  maintain  water  works 26  3  49 

to  establish  a  sanitary  system 26  3  49 

to  establish  and  maintain  a  police  and  fire 

department  26  3  49 

forbidden  to  abolish  metropolitan  police 

system  26  3  49 

to  erect,  purchase  or  rent  city  hall 26  49 

to  erect,  purchase  or  rent  work  house,  poor 

house,   house   of    correction    and     insane 

asylum 26  3  49 

to  establish  and  maintain  water  works 26  3  49 

to  establish  market  places  and  meat  shops . .  26  3  oO 

to  license  and  regulate  same 26  3  50 

to  improve,  regulate,  sell  or  lease,  parks  andf  26  3  50 

public  grounds,  etc 1  4  126 

to  improve  harbor 26  3  50 

to  control  currents  of  the  river 26  3  50 

to  erect,  repair  and  regulate  public  wharves 

and  docks 26  3  50 

to  regulate  marine  railways 26  3  50 

to  regulate  and  license  ferries,  tow-boats,  etc.  26  3  50 


220  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

MUNICIPAL  ASSEMBLY— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

to   sell    ferry   privileges   and    establish    ferry 

rates    26  3  50 

to   create   office   of   port  wardens  and   define 

duties    26  3  50 

to    regulate    mooring   of   vessels    and    wharf- 
boats    26  3  50 

to  collect  wharfage    and    tonnage    dues    and  f  26          3          50 
levee   rates    I    4          5          80 

to  lease  portions  of  unpaved  wharf 26  3  50 

no  lease  of  wharf  to  exceed  fifty  years 26          3          50 

to  license,  tax  and  regulate  all  kinds  of  busi- 
ness,  trades,   etc 26  3  50 

to  fix  rates  for  carriages,  wagonage,  drayage, 

etc 26  3  51 

to  regulate  the  width  of  tires 26          3          51 

to  license,  tax  or  suppress  occupations,  amuse- 
ments,    etc •. 26  3  51 

to  suppress  prize  fights,  gambling,  etc 26          3          51 

to  enforce  registration    of   births,    marriages, 

and   deaths   26          3          51 

to  regulate  quarrying  stone  within  city 26  3  51 

to  establish   quarantine  and  sanitary  regula- 
tions      26  3  51 

to  regulate  slaughtering  of  animals  and  pro- 
vide for  erection  of  abattoirs 26          3          51 

to  prevent  driving  of  stock  through  the  city.     26          3          51 

to  prohibit  erection  of  soap  factories,  stock- 
yards, slaughter  houses,  etc 26          3          51 

to  regulate  and  prevent  any  business  danger- 
ous to  health 26  3  52 

to  establish,  regulate,  etc.,  standard  of  weights 

and    measures    26  3          52 

to    provide    for     inspection     of    weights     and 

measures    26  3  52 

to  provide  for  inspection,  etc.,  of  lumber 26  3 

to   provide    for    inspection   of   steam    boilers, 

etc 26  3  52 

to   license    engineers 26          3 

to  provide  for  inspection  of  beef,  pork,  flour, 

meal,   oil,  etc 26          3          52 

to  provide  for  inspection  and  weighing  of  hay, 

coal,  and  all  kinds  of  fuel 26  3  52 

to  provide  for  inspection  of  butter,  cheese  and 

other   provisions    26  3  52 

to  regulate  weight  and  quality  of  bread 26  3 

to  regulate  price  and  quality  of  gas 26  3  52 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  221 

MUNICIPAL  ASSEMBLY— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

to  provide  for  inspection  of  meat,  poultry,  fish 

and   vegetables    26          3          52 

to  designate  places  where  such  articles  may 

be    sold    26  3  52 

to  restrain  and  punish  forestalling 26  3  52 

to   declare   and  abate   nuisances 26  3  52 

to  regulate  or  suppress  hawkers 26          3  52 

to  regulate  and  provide  for  election  and  ap- 
pointment of  officers 26  3  53 

to    provide    for    suspension    and    removal    of 

officers    26  3  53 

to  establish  salaries  of  officers  and  employes.     26  3  53 
'  to  restrain   and   prevent    riots    and    disturb- 
ances      26           3  53 

to  restrain  or  prevent  dangerous  amusements.     26          3          53 

to   regulate   or   prohibit  running  at  large   of 

stock     26  3  53 

to  prevent  and  remove  obstructions  on  side- 
walks, streets,  etc 26  3  53 

fo   regulate  and   prohibit   building   of  vaults 

under   sidewalks 26          3          53 

to    impose   and   collect   fines,    forfeitures    and 

penalties    26  3  53 

to  authorize  commitments  to  work  house....     26  3  53 

(26  3  53 

OO  ^  O  K7 

power  respecting  offices  and  officers <J 

[45  4  75 

to  protect  rights  of  the  city  in  any  corpora- 
tion   26  3  54 

to  have  sole  authority  to  grant  railway  fran- 
chises   26  3  .54 

to  regulate  and  control  railway  franchises...     26  3  54 

work  on  franchises  to  be  begun  within  one 

year  26  3  54 

free  passes  on  street  railways  forbidden 26  3  54 

may  authorize  examination  of  premises  in 

reference  to  cleanliness  and  safety 26  3  54 

may  remove  dangerous  walls  or  buildings, 

or  require  owners  to  do  so 26  3  54 

may  regulate  storage  of  gunpowder,  dynamite 

and  other  dangerous, compounds 26  3  54 

may  regulate  the  use  of  lights  and  candles 

in  stables  and  other  places 26  3  55 

may  remove  or  prevent  construction  of  fire- 
places, chimneys,  etc 26  3  55 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

MUNICIPAL  ASSEMBLY- Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

may  direct  safe  deposit  of  ashes  and  other 

dangerous  rubbish  26  3  55 

may  regulate  building  of  partition,  fire-walls, 

smoke-stacks,  etc 26  3  55 

may  provide  for  safe  construction  of  build- 
ings   26  3  55 

may  regulate  or  prohibit  wooden  buildings 

within  prescribed  limits 26  3  55 

may  compel  persons  to  aid  in  extinguishing 

fires 26  3  55 

may  compel  owners  of  buildings  to  have 

scuttles  on  roof 26  3  55 

may  provide  for  the  support  and  maintenance 

of  insane  persons 26  3  55 

may  provide  for  the  support  and  maintenance 

of  poor  persons 26  3  55 

may  exercise  power  of  county  court  in  assess- 
ment and  collection  of  state  revenue 26  3  55 

may  pass  ordinances  to  maintain  peace  and 

good  government  26  3  55 

may  enforce  ordinances  by  fine  and  penalty..  26  3  .  55 

fines  and  forfeitures  limited 26  3  55 

may  purchase,  rent  or  lease  real  or  personal 

property  26  3  56 

may  provide  for  taking  census  of  city 26  3  56 

shalj  enact  laws  to  secure  safety  from  fires 

in  halls  and  buildings 27  3  56 

forbidden  to  remit  taxes  or  compromise 

claims  30  3  56 

payment  of  damages  prohibited  except  by  a 

two-thirds    vote 30  3          56 

r  30  3  56 

gifts  or  donations  or   compromise  forbidden  \  ^          ^          57 

wnen    (11  16         150 

may  compel  attendance  of  witnesses 31  3           56 

may  compel  production  of  papers 31  3 

may  issue  subpoena  duces  tecum 31 

power    to   distribute    powers    and     duties    of 

officers     32  3 

power  to  abrogate  offices 32  3           57 

shall  enforce  restrictions  as  to  stone  quarries, 

rendering   factories,   etc 34  3          57 

shall  fix  bonds  of  city  officers *. .  4  4           60 

special  sessions  of,  how  called 18  4           64 

actions  to  be  confined,  etc 18  4           64 

comptroller  to  have  a  seat  in  either  branch  of .  20  4           65 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  223 


MUNICIPAL  ASSEMBLY—  Continued. 

SEC. 

ART. 

PAGE. 

may  increase  number  of  police  justices,  how. 

27 

4 

69 

may   divide   the   city  'into   police   justice   dis- 

tricts      

27 

4 

70 

may  provide  for  holding  police  courts,  when. 

27 

4 

70 

shall  define  the  duties  of  all  city  officers  

28 

4 

70 

to  provide  for  purchase  of  supplies  

29 

4 

70 

to  provide   for  inspection  of   scales,   weights, 

etc  

30 

4 

71 

to  fix  fees  for  such  inspections  

30 

4 

71 

may  require  reports  from  city  counselor  

32 

4 

71 

may  require  legal  advice  from  same  

32 

4 

72 

shall  provide   additional  duties   for  board   of 

public  improvements   

42 

4 

74 

shall   provide    for   appointment  of    assistants 

and  employes  of  board  

42 

4 

74 

power  to  create  offices  

45 

4 

75 

to  establish  rates  of  tax  

1 

5 

79 

power  to  increase  rate  for  payment  of  public 

debt   

1 

5 

79 

for  erecting  public  buildings  

1 

5 

79 

1 

1 

5 

79 

separate  sinking  funds  required,  when  1 

6 

5 

80 

•i 

26 

3 

50 

power  to  levy  and  collect  wharfage,  etc  

L 
I    4 

5 

80 

appropriations  to  be  in  conformity  with  con- 

stitution     

9 

5 

81 

limitation    of    appropriations  

10 

5 

81 

all     ordinances     contemplating     payment    of 

money  to  be  endorsed  by  comptroller  .... 

12 

5 

81 

shall  establish  assessment  districts  

15 

5 

82 

rate  of  taxes  shall   be  established  by  fourth 

Monday  in  May  of  each  year  

27 

5 

87 

failure  to  do  so  

27 

5 

87 

every     improvement     ordinance     to     contain  j 

14 

5 

82 

specific   appropriation    1 

.  28 

6 

118 

streets  to  be  established  by  ordinance  by  

1 

6 

93 

vote   on  improvement  bills  

16 

6 

106 

two-thirds  vote  necessary  to  pass  an  ordinance 

for  public  improvements,  when  

16 

6 

106 

ordinances  for  an  public   work  to  be  recom- 

mended by  board  of  public  improvements. 

17 

6 

106 

forbidden  to  contract  for  public  work  j 

27 
7 

6 
16 

116 

149 

may  direct  by  ordinance   advertisements   for 

bids    27  6         117 


224  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

MUNICIPAL  ASSEMBLY— Continued.                        SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 
may    authorize    by    ordinance    the    laying    of 

water  pipe 5  7  121 

may  regulate  water  rates 11  7  123 

may  require  report  from  fund  commissioners.  11  7  123 

shall  make  annual  appropriation  for  parks..  3  8  125 

authority   of  to  sell   or  lease  parks,   squares,  r  26  3  50 

etc {  4  8  126 

proceeds  to  be  paid  to  sinking  fund 4  8  126 

sale  or  lease  of  parks,  etc.,  recommended  by 

board  of  public  improvements  to  be  sub- 
mitted to  vote  of  people 4  8  126 

power  of  in  reference  to  street  railroads 1  10  131 

may  sell  franchise  or  right  of  way 1  10  131 

may  impose  tax  per  capita,  or  may  tax  gross 

receipts     1  10  131 

may  regulate  running  of  cars 2  10  131 

may  tax  property  of  companies 2  10  131 

may  regulate  rates  of  fare 2  10  1 31 

width  of  rail  prescribed 4  10  132 

shall  establish  a  uniform  gauge 4  10  132 

shall  keep  streets  in  repair  between  rail 5  10  132 

shall  require  companies  to  give  bond 5  10  132 

shall  prescribe  regulations    for    one    railway 

company  using  the  tracks  of  another....  6  10  132 
may    prescribe    duties     of    Health    Commis- 
sioner       1  12  135 

shall  fix  bond  of  Health  Commissioner 1  12  335 

shall  publish   abstract  of   proceedings   within 

forty-eight  hours  2  15  14G 

two-thirds  vote  necessary  to  print  a  document 

a   second   time 2  15  146 

shall  determine  the  number    of    the    mayor's 

annual  messages  to  be  printed 2  15  146 

to  provide  by  ordinance  for  the  regulation  of 

public   processions    10  16  150 

penalty    for    members    voting    unauthorized 

claims   11  16  150 

penalty  for  misapplication  of  public  funds...  11  16  151 

oath   of  office 13  16  151 

may  inspect  books  of  Police  Commissioners.  .  14  16  151 

shall  fix  salaries  of  all  officers 17  16  152 

shall  not  increase  same  during  the   term  of 

office    17  16  152 

MUNICIPAL  BUILDINGS— 

city  may  erect,  purchase    or    rent    property 

for    .  26  3  49 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  225 

MUNICIPAL  COURTS—  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

[See  Police  Courts;  Police  Justices.] 
MUSCLE  DEVELOPERS  — 

power  to  license,  regulate  or  suppress  ........     26  3  51 


NAME— 

[See  Corporate  Name.] 
NAPHTHA— 

may  regulate  inspection  of  ..................     26  3  52 

NITRO-GLYCERINE— 

may  regulate  storage  of  .....................     26  3  55 

NOISE— 

may  restrain  and  prevent  ...................     26          3  53 

NOTES— 

power  to  borrow  money  on  ..................     26  3  49 

no   note  to   be  made   for   longer   period  than 

twelve  months    .........................      26  3  49 

NOTICE— 

[See  Health  Department;  Marshal;  Nuisances.] 

of  special  tax  bill,  served  by  marshal.  . 

I  Z5  6         113 

to  defendant  in  condemnation  proceedings...  3  6  97 

for  street  improvements,  etc.,  hearing  .......  14  6  102 

NUISANCES— 

[See  Health  Department.] 

city  may  declare,  prevent  and  abate  .........  26  3  52 

summary  power  of  mayor  in  reference  to....  26  3  52 

on  private  property  to  be  abated,  when  ......  19  6  107 

power  of   Health    Commissioner    in   reference 

to    .....................................  3  12  136 

condemnations  to  be  approved   by    board    of 

Health     ................................  3  12  136 

police  to  report  to  health  commissioner  ......  4  12  137 

action  of  board  of  health  to  be  final  .........  3  12  136 

abatement  and   removal  of  ..................  6  12  137 

power  of  Health    Commissioner    in    reference 

to     ....................................  6  12  137 

board  of  health  shall  officially  declare  .......  6  12  137 

notification  to  owners  ............  .  ..........  6  12  137 

penalty  for  failure  to  abate  ..................  6  12  138 

non-residents,  how  notified  ...................  6  12  138 

notice   by   publication  .......................  6  12  138 

cost   of  abatement  to  be   assessed   as   special 

tax,  shall  be  a  lien,  and  how  collected.  ...  6  12  138 

contract  for  abatement  ..................  7  12  138 


226  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

O 

OATH  OR  AFFIRMATION—                                           SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

for  members  of  municipal  assembly 6  3  42 

may  be  administered  by  president  of  council.     31  3  57 

by  speaker  of  house  of  delegates 31  3  57 

by     chairman     of     committee    of     either 

house    31  3  57 

register  to  preserve  all  taken  by  city  officers.  .23  4  "    68 

may  be  administered  by  register 23  4  68 

every  officer  and  assistant  to  take 43  4  74 

for  member  of  assembly  and  all  city  officers..     13  16  151 

OBSTRUCTIONS— 

power    to   prevent   or   remove    on   sidewalks, 

streets,    etc 26  3  53 

may  prevent  or  remove 26  3  53 

OCCUPATIONS— 

[See  Various  Occupations.] 

power  to  license,  tax,  regulate  or  suppress...     26  3  50 

OFFICE  BUILDINGS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  50 

OFFICE  HOURS— 

charter   provisions   regulating 11  4  62 

half  holiday  on  Saturday UN  4  62 

OFFICES  AND  OFFICERS— 

general    election    of 1  2  39 

f    2  3  42 

I     5  3  42 

qualifications     of      elected      and      appointed  I  ^  ^  61 

officers  I  15  4  63 

[l9  4  61 
power  to  provide  for  election  or  appointment 

of 26  3  53 

power  to  provide  for  suspension  and  removal 

of  26  3  53 

power  to  establish  the  salaries  of 26  3  53 

salary  not  to  be  changed  during  term 26  3  53 

.26  3  53 

salaried  officers  forbidden  to  receive  fees 


^  18  16  152 
office  may  be  changed  and  abrogated,   trans- 
ferred and  distributed — three-fourths  vote.  32  3  57 

elective  officers  and  their  terms 1  4  59 

appointive  officers  and  their  terms 2  4  59 

first  appointments  under  charter 24  59 

bonds  of,  to  be  fixed  by  ordinance 4  4  60 

bonds  to  be  approved  by  mayor  and  council.  4  4  60 

suspension  and  removal  of 5  4  60 

suspension  of  elected  officers  by  mayor 6  4  60 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


227 


OFFICES  AND  OFFICERS—  Continued. 

SEC.        AKT. 

PAGE. 

vacancy  in  event  of  removal,  how  filled  

6           4 

60 

removal  of  appointed  officers  

7           4 

60 

vacancies,  how  filled  -  

7           4 

60 

removal  of  appointed  officers  by  council  

8           4 

61 

mayor  to  fill  vacancy  so  created  

8           4 

61 

appointments     by     mayor     no     confirmation, 

when   

8           4 

61 

appointments  of  officers  by  mayor  

9           4 

61 

mayor's     nomination     to     be     confirmed     by 

council    

9           4 

61 

-     council  to  elect  officers,  when  

9           4 

61 

shall  not  hold  any  state  or  federal  office  

10           4 

61 

,      officers  to  devote  entire  time  to  duties  

11           4 

62 

hours   for  municipal  business  

11           4 

62 

half  holiday  on  Saturday  

UN         4 

62 

removal  of  elected  officers  by  council  

12           4 

62 

vacancy  in  mayor's  office,  how  filled  

13           4 

62 

deputies  of  sheriff,  coroner  and  marshal  

14           4 

62 

all  offices  to  be  in  City  Hall  unless  otherwise 

provided  by  assembly  

14           4 

63 

removal  of  assistants  of  any  officer  

14           4 

63 

mayor  to  be  chief  executive  officer  of  city  

15           4 

63 

absence  of  mayor,  how  provided  for  

17           4 

63 

permanent  residence  of  to  be  within  limits  of 

city    

19           4 

64 

(22           4 

66 

24           4 

68 

collections  of  money  by    to    be    deposited    in 

30           4 
7          5 

71 

80 

treasury    

31           5 

89 

9           9 

123 

1 

18         16 

152 

duties  of  officers  to  be  defined,  increased  or 

diminished  by  assembly  

28           4 

70 

additional  duties  may  be  required  of  members 

and  board    of    public    improvements    by 

assembly     

42           4 

74 

additional  assistants  and  employes  

42           4 

74 

oath  for  city  officers  

43           4 

74 

bond  of  to  be  given  within  fifteen  days  after 

election  or  appointment  

43           4 

74 

term   "officers"   defined  

43           4 

74 

term  "fiscal  officers"  defined  

43           4 

75 

officers  to  forfeit  office,  when  

43           4 

75 

difficulties  between  to  be  settled  by  mayor.  .  . 

44           4 

75 

228  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

OFFICES  AND  OFFICERS— Continued.  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 
new  offices  may  be  created  by  assembly — two- 
thirds  vote    45           4           75 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47           4           76 

reports  of  comptroller,  auditor  and  treasurer.  .48  4           76 

reports  of  collector  and  marshal 48           4           76 

report  of  board  of  public  improvements 48           4           77 

settlements    of  officers    engaged    in    collection 

of    revenue    8           5           81 

unused  blanks  to  be  returned 8           5           81 

proofs  of  all  printing  to  be  submitted  to 3         15         146 

criminal  liability  of  municipal  officers,  agents 

and  servants 11         16         151 

penalty  for  misapplication  of  public  funds 11        16        151 

penalty  for  allowing  unauthorized  claims....  11         16         151 

no  salary  to  exceed  $5,000  per  annum 18         16         152 

salary  of  deputy  limited  to  $2,500 18         16         152 

salary  of  clerk  to  $1,800 18         16         152 

fees  and  perquisites  of  to  be  paid  into  treas- 
ury    18  16  152 

all  salaries  to  be  paid  monthly 18         16         152 

continued  in  office  until  April,  1877 20         16         153 

OMNIBUSES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26           3           51 

ORDINARIES— 

power  to  regulate,  license  or  suppress 26           3           51 

ORDINANCES— 

style   of    ordinances 12                      44 

no  ordinance  except  appropriation  bills  to  con- 
tain more  than  one  subject 13 

subject  of  to  be  expressed  in  title 13           3           44 

no  ordinance  to  be  passed  except  by  bill 13 

amendment  of  must  not  change  original  pur- 
pose    13  3  44 

may  originate  in  either  house 13           3           44 

may  be  amended  or  rejected  in  either  house..  13          3          44 

must  be  read  three  different  days  in  each 

house  13  3  44 

must  be  reported  upon  by  committees 13           3          44 

to  be  within  forty  days  from  time  of  refer- 
ence, public  improvement  bills 13 

effect  of  failure 13           3           45 

recommended  by  board  of  public  improve- 
ments, how  reported 13  45 

all  amendments  to  be  incorporated  in  bill  by 

engrossment  15  3  45 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  229 

ORDINANCES— Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

engrossing  of  to  be  under  supervision  of  com- 
mittee       15  3  45 

majority  of  members  of  each  house  necessary 

to    pass    16  3  45 

vote  to  be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays 16  3  45 

amendments    to    be    concurred    in    by    both 

houses   17  3  45 

report  of  committees  on  conference 17  3  46 

no  ordinance  to  be  revived   or  re-enacted   by 

reference   to   title 18  3  46 

form  of  amendments  to 19  .    3  46 

motion  to  reconsider 20  3  46 

to  take  effect  ten  days  after  approval 21  3  46 

appropriation  ordinance  to  take  effect  on  ap- 
proval        21  3  46 

exception  in  case  of  emergency 21  3  46 

presiding  officer  of  each  house  to  sign  bill  in 

open    session    22  3  47 

bill  to  be  read  at  length  before  passage 22  3  47 

objection  as  to  alteration  of  bill  to  be  passed 

upon  by  house 22  3  47 

presiding  officer  to  withhold  his  signature  if 

objection  is  sustained 22  3  47 

when   approved    by    mayor    to    be    returned 

within  ten  days  to  assembly  or  register.  23  3  47 

mayor  may  approve  portions  of  appropriation 

bill     24  3  47 

items  objected  to  by  mayor  to  be  reported  to 

assembly  or   register 24  3  47 

veto  of  ordinances  by  mayor 25  3  48 

bill  to  be  filed  with  register 25  3  48 

two-thirds  vote    of    members    elect    in    each 

house  necessary  to  pass  bill  over  veto...  25  3  48 

C  25  3  48 

originals  of  to  be  in  custody  of  register. .....  J  28  3  56 

(23  4  67 

numbering,  printing  and  filing  of  same 28  3  56 

repeal  of  general  ordinances  must  be   in  ex- 
press   terms    28  3  56 

revision  of  general  ordinances  every  five  years  29  3  56 

contemplating  expenditure  of  money  must  be 

indorsed  by  comptroller  before  passage..  12  5  81 

authorizing  improvements  to  contain  specific  r  14  5  82 

appropriation {  28  6  118 

streets    to    be    established    by,    to    be    recom- 
mended by  board  of  public  improvements.  1  6  94 


230 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


ORDINANCES— Continued. 


for  improvement,  or  opening  of  streets,  etc.,  to 
originate  with  board  of  public  improve- 
ments   


SEC. 


r 


indorsed    thereon  by 
of    public     improve- 


estimate   of   cost  to   be 

president   of   board 

ments  

for  all  public  work  to  be  recommended  by 

board  of  public  improvements 

for  sale  or  lease  of  public  parks  recommended 

by  board  of  public  improvements 

publication  of  within  five  days  after  approval, 
existing  ordinances  to  remain  in  force,  when, 
for  the  opening  of  streets,  repeal  of 


14 

17 

22 

^  27 

(15 

J  27 
/  28 

17 

4 

2 
1 
4 


ART.     PAGE. 
6  94 

96 
101 
106 
110 
117 
105 
117 
118 

106 


15 
16 
16 


126 
146 

147 

148 


PARK  COMMISSIONER— 

term  of  office 3 

shall  be  a  member  of  board  of  public  improve- 

3 

f    3 


ments    

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor. 

approved  by  council , 


shall  be  head  of  park  department 34 

shall   have   charge   and   control   of   all    parks  f  39 

and   squares    \    1 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47 

term  of  office  and  bond 1 

appointment  of  employes,  etc 2t 

duty  of  park  commissioner 2 

PARKS— 

power  to  improve  and  regulate  or  sell  or  lease  r  26 
same    \    4 

f  39 
to  be  under  charge  of  park  commissioner 1     . 

Tower  Grove  Park  excepted 1 

annual  appropriation  for 3 

entrance    and   exit   gates 3 

proceeds  of  sale  of  parks  to  be  paid  to  fund 

commissioners     4 

all  rentals,  how  disposed  of 4 


4 

59 

4 

59 

4 

59 

8 

125 

4 

61 

8 

125 

4 

72 

4 

73 

8 

125 

4 

76 

8 

125 

8 

125 

8 

125 

3 

50 

8 

126 

4 

73 

8 

125 

8 

125 

8 

125 

8 

126 

8 

126 

8 

126 

INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  231 

PARKS— Continued.  SEC.     ART.   PAGE. 

sale  or  lease  to  be  submitted  to  the  people  by 
ordinance  recommended  by  board  of  public 
improvements  4  8  126 

proceeds  of  O'Fallon  Park  bonds  to  be  paid 

to  fund  commissioners 5  8         126 

repeal  of  special  park  acts 6          8        126 

PARTIES— 

in  condemnation  proceedings 2          6  96 

defendants  in  action  against  city / 9N       16         149 

PARTITION  FENCES— 

may  order  and  regulate  building  of 26  3  54 

PARTITION  WALLS— 

power  to  regulate  the    building  of 26  3  54 

PASSES— 

on  railroads  forbidden,  when 26  3  54 

PATENT  RIGHT  DEALERS— 

power  to  license,  tax,  etc 26          3          51 

PAWNBROKERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  51 

PAY-ROLLS— 

all  payments  on  to  be  made  by  treasurer....     22          4          67 
PEDDLERS— 

[See  Hawkers  and  Peddlers.] 

power  to  license,  tax  or  suppress 26  3  51 

PENALTIES— 

[See  Fines,  Forfeitures.] 

power  to  impose,  collect  and  enforce 26  3  53 

mayor  may  remit,  when 16  4  63 

failure  to  make  water  connections 6  7         122 

owner  of  wharfboats  to  receive  no  commis- 
sion    9  9  130 

failure  to  abate  nuisance 6        12        138 

failure  to  report  death 10         12         140 

to  be  unaffected  by  charter,  when 2         16         147 

misapplication     of    public    funds,    voting    or 

allowing  unauthorized  claims 11         16         150 

for  violation  of  charter 12         16         151 

PERMITS— 

blank  permits,  how  issued ' 5          5          80 

water  and  gas  pipe  connections  may  only  be 

made  under  13  6         101 

sewer  connections   23  6         112 

PERSONAL  PROPERTY— 

[See  Property.] 

comptroller  authorized  to  hear  and  determine 
allegations  of  manifest  errors  in  assess- 
ments of  .  28  5  87 


232  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

PETITION—  SEC.     ART.  PAGE. 

in  condemnation  proceedings 2  6  96 

PHOTOGRAPHISTS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  same 26  3  50 

PHYSICIANS— 

members  of  board  of  health,  to  be 2         12         135 

duties  of,  as  to  burial  certificates 10         12         139 

PIG  PENS— 

power  to  prohibit  within  certain  limits 26  3  52 

PISTOL  GALLERIES— 

power  to  regulate,  tax  or  suppress 26  3  51 

PLATS— 

of  subdivisions  or  dedications,  etc 1  6  93 

must  be  in  accordance  with  law 1  6  93 

shall  not  be  recorded  until  indorsed  by  board 

of  public  improvements 1  6  93 

validity  of  plats 1  6  93 

to  be  approved  by  surveyor 1  6  93 

POLICE— 

[See  Board  of  Police  Commissioners.] 
no  system  to  be  established  other  than  metro- 
politan          26  3  49 

officers  to   observe  sanitary  condition  of   dis- 
tricts        4         12         136 

chief  of,  to  report  nuisances 4         12         137 

city  counselor  and  attorney  to  advise 15         16         152 

commissioners   forbidden    to    employ    special 

counsel  at  city's  expense 15         16         152 

expenses  of  force  to  be  paid  by  city 16x       16         152 

POLICE  COMMISSIONERS— 

[See  Board  of  Police  Commisssioners.] 

POLICE  COURTS— 

f   25  4  69 

city  has  power  to  establish J   26  4  69 

(27  4  69 

place  of  holding 27  4  70 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT— 

[See  Board  of  Police  Commissioners — Police.] 

POLICE  JUSTICES— 
[See  Police  Courts.] 

to  be  appointed   by  mayor 2  4  59 

approved   by   council 9  4  61 

terms  of  office  four  years 2  4  59 

first  appointment  to  be  for  two  years 2  4  59 

their  powers  and  jurisdiction 25  4  69 

power  to  punish  for  contempt  of  court 25  4  69 

power  to  enforce  legal  orders  and  judgments.     25  4  69 

power  to  give  judgment  on  forfeited  bond...     25  4  69 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  233 

POLICE  JUSTICES— Continued.  SEC.     ART.    PAGE. 

to  be  conservators  of  the  peace 26  4  69 

powers  and  duties  to  be  prescribed  by  ordi- 
nance         26  4  69 

justices  of  the  peace  to  have  concurrent  juris- 
diction, when   26  4  69 

assembly    may   increase   number    of   by   two- 
thirds   vote    27  4  69 

assembly   may   divide    city   into  judicial    dis- 
tricts         27  4  69 

may  provide  for  holding  police  courts,  when . .     27  4  69 

disqualified,  when   27  4  70 

shall  provide  places  for  holding  such  courts.  .27  4  70 

such    places    may    be    designated    by    mayor, 

when    27  4  70 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47  4  76 

POOR  HOUSE— 

city  may  purchase  and  hold  property  for 1  1  26 

city  may  erect,  purchase  or  rent 26  3  49 

POOR  PERSONS— 

power  to  provide  for  maintenance  of 26  3  55 

PORK— 

may  regulate  inspection  of 26  3  52 

PORTERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  50 

PORT  WARDENS— 

office  of,  may  be  created .26  3  50 

POSTS— 

power  to  collect  wharfage  on 26  3  50 

POULTRY— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  vending  of 26  3  52 

may  restrain  and  punish  forestalling  of 26  3  52 

POWERS— 

[See  Corporate  Powers.] 
PRESIDENT  OP  BOARD  OF  ASSESSORS — 

[See  Board  of  Assessors;  Assessment  of  Prop- 
erty.] 

PRESIDENT  OF  BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  IMPROVE- 
MENTS— 

[See  Board  of  Public  Improvements;    Special 
Tax  Bills.] 

shall  be  elected  for  four  years 1  4  59 

shall  preside  at  meetings  of  board 41  4  73 

shall  have  charge  of  public  improvements  not 

specially    provided    for 41  4  73 

shall  have  general    supervision    over    depart- 
ments of  other  commissioners 41  4  73 


234  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

PEESIDENT    OF    BOARD     OF     PUBLIC     IM- 
PROVEMENTS—Continued.  SEC.      AET.    PAGE, 
shall  inform  mayor  of  dereliction  of  duty  of 

any    commissioner    41  4  73 

shall  authenticate  special  tax  bills,  when . .    . .  / 

1  24  6         112 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47  4  76 

to  certify  and  register  special  tax  bills,  when. .     24          6        112 
shall    contract    for    abatement    of    nuisances, 

when    7         12         138 

PRESIDENT  OF  COUNCIL— 
[See  Council.] 

signing  bills  by 22  3  47 

to  act  as  mayor,  when 17  4  63 

PRESIDING  JUSTICE  OF  COUNTY  COURT— 

duty  of  in  reference  to  O'Fallon  Park  bonds. .       5  8         126 

PRINTING— 

[See  Public  Printing.] 

PRIVATE  PLACES— 

conditions  for  establishment  of 1  6  94 

no  public  improvements  to  be  made  on 15  6         105 

nuisances  abated  on 6        12        137 

PRIVATE  SEWERS— 
[See  Sewers.] 

PROCESS— 

duty  of  city  marshal  in  reference  to 31          4          71 

by    whom     served   in  condemnation  proceed- 
ings            3  6  97 

PROCESSIONS— 

municipal  assembly  to  provide  for  regulation 

of    10         16         150 

PROFESSIONS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  same 26  3  51 

PROPERTY— 

[See  Condemnation.] 

city   may  take   and  hold 1  1  25 

city  may  hold  real  estate  in  county 1          1          25 

city  may  take  and  execute  charitable  bequests      1          1          26 

for  what  purposes  acquired  and  held. 1  1  26 

city  may  purchase,  rent  or  lease,  sell  and  dis-  r   1  1  26 

pose   of  same 126          3          50 

(    1  1  26 

lease,  sale  of,  etc \     A          0        10C 

i     t  o         i^o 

persons  may  be  required  to  aid  in  preserva- 
tion of    : 26  3  55 

comptroller  to  have  supervision 20  4  64 

of  water  works  cannot  be  sold  or  disposed  of . .  13  7  124 


INDEX  TO  CHARTED.  235 

PROPERTY  QUALIFICATIONS—  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

commissioners  in  condemnation  proceedings  to 

be    freeholders 2  6  96 

PROVISIONS— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  weighing  of . . . .     26  3  52 

may  restrain  and  punish  forestalling  of,  etc..     26  3  52 

PUBLIC  ADMINISTRATOR— 

[See  Scheme,  Sec.  5.] 

shall  be  elected  every  four  years 1  4  59 

PUBLIC   BUILDINGS— 

rate  of  taxes  for  erecting,  how  increased 1  5  79 

revenue  for  "erecting  public  buildings" 1          5          79 

PUBLIC  BUILDINGS  AND  HALLS— 

power  to  license,  tax,  etc 26  3  50 

PUBLIC   DEBT— 

[See  Indebtedness;  Revenue.] 

sinkingfunds  ...{    \          \          ™ 

taxes  collected  for  to  be  designated  "interest 

and  public  debt  revenue" 6          5          80 

PUBLIC  GROUNDS— 

to  inclose,  improve,  regulate  or  sell 26          3          50 

PUBLIC   HEALTH— 

[See  Health  Department.] 

*  f  S"L 

may  be  secured  by  necessary  measures 26          3       j  5- 

may  prevent  business  dangerous  to 26  3  52 

health  commissioner  to  have  supervision  over.       3        12        136 
PUBLIC  IMPROVEMENTS— 

[See  Board  of  Public  Improvements;    Streets, 
Alleys,  etc.;  Public  Work.] 

(  14  6         105 

at  city's  expense,  when  j  lg          g        1Q6 

PUBLIC  LECTURERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  50 

PUBLIC   MEETINGS— 

power  to  regulate  same 26  3  50 

PUBLIC   PARKS— 
[See  Parks.] 

PUBLIC  PRINTING  AND  BINDING— 

register  to  have  supervision  of 23  4  68 

register  to  contract  for 1        15        145 

register  to  advertise  for  sealed  proposals 1         15         145 

bids  to  be  opened  in  office  of  register 1         15         145 

bids  with  erasures,  etc.,  not  to  be  considered.       1         15         145 


236  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

PUBLIC  PRINTING  AND  BINDING— Continued.    SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

printing  to  be  awarded  to  the  lowest  bidder. .       1  15  145 

bids  and  awards  to  be  reported  to  council....       1  15  145 
if  council  reject,  register  to  advertise  for  new 

bids    1  15  145 

council  to  confirm  awards 1  15  145 

contracts  for  public  printing 1  15  145 

specifications    of    contracts 1  15  145 

paid  for  by  city,  regulated 1  15  145 

"printing"  defined  1  15  146 

forfeiture  of   contract 1  15  146 

contract  for  job  printing  and  binding 1  15  146 

register  and  mayor  may  contract  temporarily.       1  15  146 

publication   of   ordinances 2  15  146 

publication  of  proceedings  of  assembly 2  15  146 

second     printing     of     documents     permitted, 

when    2  15  146 

annual  printing  of  city  documents 2  15  146 

proofs  of  all  printing  to  be  submitted  to  officer 

interested 3  15  146 

to  bind  city  for  payment,   prescribed  regula- 
tions must  be  followed 3  15  146 

PUBLIC  SCHOOLS— 

city  officers  to  assess  school  taxes. 2  13  141 

city  collector  to  collect  school  taxes 3  13  141 

board  to  fix  rate  of  school  taxes  annually....       4  13  141 

school  tax  in  extended  limits 5  13  142 

may  be  remitted,  when 5  13  142 

comptroller  to  make  deductions 5  13  142 

PUBLIC  SEWERS— 
[See  Sewers.] 

PUBLIC  SQUARES— 

to  be  established,  how ' 2  6  96 

PUBLIC  WORK— 

[See  Board  of  Public  Improvements.] 

r 12  5  si 

indorsement  of  estimate  of  cost  of,  on  ordi-  I  15  6  105 

nance    "j  27  6  117 

(  28  6  118 

improvement  ordinance  to  contain  specific  ap-  r  14  82 

propriation    1  28  6  118 

r    I  6  94 

2  6  96 

ordinances  for  to  be  recommended  by  board  of  I  14  6  101 

public   improvements "j  17  6  106 

I  22  6  110 

I  27  -6  117 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  237 

PUBLIC  WORK—  Continued.                                          SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

(    1  6  94 

i  14  6  102 

maintenance  or  guaranty  ....................  ^  ^~  g  ^^ 

[  17  6  106 

{24  6  112 

00  O  HO 

60  O  118 

(27  6  116 
assembly  forbidden  to  contract  for 


emergency  work  and  repairs  requiring  prompt 

attention  excepted  ......................  27  6  113 

board  of  public  improvements  to  submit  ordi- 

nances   for   proposed  ....................  27  6  117 

advertising  for  bids,  requisites  ..............  27  6  117 

contract  to  be  let  to  lowest  responsible  bidder.  27  6  117 

who  deemed  not  responsible  bidder  ..........  27  6  117 

bids  may  be  rejected  ........................  27  6  117 

sureties  on  contractor's  bond  ................  27  6  117 

certified'  check  to  accompany  all  bids  ........  27  6  117 

board  to  let  contracts  for  ...................  27  6  117 

bonds  relating  to  ...........................  27  6  117 

work  may  be  done  in  parts,  but  appropriation 

shall  be  made  for  each  part  .............  28  6  118 

contract,  provision  for  .......................  28  6  118 

may  be  suspended,  when  .....................  28  6  118 

suspension  of  work  on  complaint  ............  28  6  118 

board  of  public  improvements  to  examine  and 

report  cost,  to  be  paid  by  whom  ..........  28  6  118 

contracts  for,  relating  to  water  works  to  be  let 

as  others   ..............................  3  7  121 

all  contracts  to  be  in  writing,  executed  in 

name  of  city  by  proper  officers  ...........  7  16  149 

to  be  made  by  comptroller,  when  .............  7  16  149 


Q 

QUARANTINE— 

power  to  establish  and  enforce  regulations  of .  26  3  51 

to  be  in  charge  of  health  commissioner 4  12  137 

superintendent  of,  how  appointed 5  12  137 

QUARRIES— 

power  to  regulate  same 26  3  51 

not  to  be  opened  within  300  feet  of  dwelling 

without  consent  34          3  57 


238  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


RAILS— 

description  of  ..............................       4         10         132 

to  keep  between  rails  in  repair,  etc  ..........       5        10        132 

RAILROADS— 

[See  Franchises.] 
REAL   ESTATE— 

city  may  take,  hold,  etc  ..........  .  ...........       1          1          26 

REAL  ESTATE  AGENTS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ...........     26          3          50 

RECEIPTS— 

f  22  4  67 

7'         5  80 

to  be  issued  in  triplicate  by  treasurer  .......  -{    31       •    5          89 

9  9         123 

RECOGNIZANCES— 
[See  Bonds.] 
to  be  unaffected  by  charter,  when  ............       2        16        147 

RECONSTRUCTION— 

[See  Public  Work,  Streets,  etc.] 
RECORDER  OF  DEEDS— 

elected  for  four  years  .......................       1          4          59 

duties  as  to  recording  plats  of  streets,  etc.  ...       1          6          93 

REGISTER— 

r  25  3  48 

shall  have  custody  of  original  ordinances...   J  28          3          56 

(  23  4  67 

(28  3  56 

to  number,  print  and  file  ordinances  ........    4     2        ^        146 

to  be  elected  every  four  years  ...............       1  4  59 

to  have  custody  of  city  seal  .................     23  4  67 

of  contracts,  deeds,  bonds,  etc  ...............     23  4  68 

to  register  all  documents  by  numbers,  date  r  23  4  68 

and   contents    ..........................  I    7  16  149 

to  attest  all  public  instruments  of  official  acts 

of  mayor   ...............................     23  4  68 

to  certify  copies  of  original  documents  ......     23  4  68 

may  charge  fees  for  certified  copy  ...........     23  4  68 

shall  have  general  supervision  of  public 

printing    ...............................     23  4  68 

shall  cause  to  be  printed,  filed,  etc.,  all  ordi- 

nances   ................................     23  4  68 

shall  register  and  preserve  contracts  and  oaths 

of   officers    .............................     23  4  68 

may  appoint  clerks  with  approval  of  mayor.  .23  4  68 

may  administer  oaths  to  officers  .............  23  4  68 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  239 

REGISTER— Continued.  SEC.     ART.   PAGE. 

may   exercise    same    authority    as     clerk    of 

county    court 23  4  68 

to  issue  blank  licenses,  tickets,  permits,  etc..       5          5          80 
to  stamp  with  seal  and  deliver  to  comptroller       5  5  80 

shall  forward  collector's  bond  to  state  auditor.     30  5  88 

to  contract  for  all  printing  and  binding 1         15         145 

shall  advertise  for  proposals  for  public  print- 
ing            1         15         145 

bids  to  be  opened  at  office  of 1        15        145 

shall  report  bids  and  awards  to  council 1         15         145 

shall  advertise  for  new  bids  if  council  reject. .       1         15         145 

specifications  of  contract  for  printing 1         15         145 

contract  for  job  printing  and  binding 1        15        146 

may  temporarily  contract    with    approval    of 

mayor,   when    1         15         146 

attested  copies  of  contracts  to  be  furnished  to 

officers  interested  in 7        16        149 

REGISTRATION— 

[See  Election  and  Registration.]' 

REMONSTRANCE— 

against  street  improvements,  etc 14          6        102 

two-thirds  vote  of  board  required  in  case  of . .     14  6         102 

when  made,  requisite  vote  in  assembly 16          6        106 

REMOVAL— 

[See   Council;    Mayor;    Municipal   Assembly; 
Offices  and  Officers.] 

RENDERING  FACTORIES— 

not  to  be  opened  within  300  feet  of  a  dwelling, 

except  by  consent 34          3          57 

RENT— 

C    1  1  26 

city  may  rent  property 3  26          3          49 


(26  3  55 


REPAIRS— 

[See  Streets,  Alleys,  Etc.;  Sewers.] 

of  district  sewers,  paid  for  by  city 21  6         109 

requiring    prompt    attention    excepted    from 

other  public  work 27  6         116 

REPAYING — 

streets,  etc 14          6        102 

REPEALS— 

[See  Ordinances.] 

general  ordinances  of  prior  date  may  only  be 

repealed  by  express  terms 28          3          56 

of  special  park  acts 6  8         126 

not    accomplished    by    adoption    of    charter, 

when     1         16         147 


240 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


REPORTS SEC.        ART.     PAGE. 

chief  of  every  department  to  report  annually 

to  mayor  and  quarterly  to  comptroller...     47  4  76 

annual  reports  to  be  submitted  by  mayor  to 

assembly    47  4  76 

of  comptroller,    auditor,    treasurer,    collector 

and  marshal 48  4  76 

of  board  of  public  improvements 48  4  77 

of  commissioners  to  assess  benefits  and  dam-  (6  6  98 

ages  in  condemnation |   9  6  99 

of  commissioners    on     complaint    of    citizens 

against  contractors  28  6         118 

RESIDENCE— 

(     2  3  42 

5  3  42 

•  residence  of  officers -^   10          4          61 

[  19  4  64 

RESOLUTIONS— 

[See  Municipal  Assembly;  Ordinances.] 
RETAILERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26          3          50 

RESTAURANTS— 

power  to  regulate,  license  and  suppress 26  3  51 

REVENUE— 

[See  Appropriations;   Collector;  License  Tax; 
Licenses;    License  Collector;    Taxes;    Treas- 
urer.] 
of  state,  power  same  as  county  court  of  St. 

Louis  County    26  3  55 

(-22  4  66 

24  4  68 

30  4  71 

all  collections  to  be  paid  into  city  treasury.  .7  5  80 

]  31  5  89 

9  9         123 

[l8         16         152 

for  municipal  purposes 1          5          79 

for  erecting  public  buildings 1  5  79 

levy  and  collection  of  taxes 1  5  78 

rates  of   taxes 1  5  79 

power  to  increase  rate  for  payment  of  public 

debt   1  5  79 

payment  of  taxes,  how  enforced 3  5  80 

licenses,   wharfage,  etc 4  5  80 

issue  of  blank   licenses,  etc 5  5  80 

taxes      collected    -  for      municipal      purposes 

designated    "municipal    revenue" 6          5          80 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  241 

REVENUE  —  Continued.  SEC.      ART.   PAGE. 

taxes  collected  for  the  payment  of  the  public 
debt  to  be  designated  ''interest  and  public 
debt  revenue"  .........................  6  5  80 

classification   of  taxes  .......................       6          5  80 

settlements  with  fiscal  officers  ...............       8  5  81 

all  revenues  to  be  collected  by  collector  except 

water  rates    ............................     31  5          88 

collector  cannot  collect  dramshop  licenses...     3lN        5          89 
nor  licenses   ...........................     3lN        5          89 

from  water  works,  how  applied  ..............     11          7        123 

from  harbor  fees,  how  applied  ...............       7          9        129 

REVISION  OF  ORDINANCES— 

every  five  years   required  ...................     29          3  56 

RIOTS— 

power  to  restrain  and  prevent  ...............     26          3          53 

RIVER— 

eastern  boundary  of  city  ....................       2          1          26 

power  to  guide  and  deflect  current  of,  etc  ....     26          3          50 

power  to   construct  improvements   in   harbor 

of    ....................  .  ................     26  3  50 

harbor  defined   .............................       3          9        128 

city's  jurisdiction  of  ........................       4  9         128 

ROADS— 

citizens  exempted  from  working  on  ..........       8         16         149 

RUBBISH— 

dangerous,  may  regulate  safe  deposit  of  ......     26  3  55 

RUM— 

may  regulate  inspection  of  ..................     26  3  52 

RUNNERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  or  regulate  .............     26          3          50 


SALARIES— 

of  members  of  assembly  ......................  14  3  45 

no  officer  receiving  a  salary  to  receive  fees..  26  3  53 

power  to  establish  salaries  of  all  officers  .....  26  3  53 

no  salary   of  officer    to    be    changed    during 

term    ..................................  26  3  53 

of  president  of  council  or  speaker  of  the  house 

when  acting  as  mayor  ..................  17  4  63 

assembly  to  fix  salaries  of  all  officers  .........  17  16  152 

may  increase  and  diminish  by  ordinance  .....  17  16  152 

no  increase  to  be  made  during  term  of  office.  17  16  152 

no  salary  to  exceed  $5,000  per  annum  ........  18  16  152 

no  assistant  or  deputy  to  receive  over  $2,500.  18  16  152 

no  clerk  to  receive  over  $1,800  ...............  18  16  152 


242  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

SALARIES — Continued.  SEC.     ^RT.    PAGE. 

all  fees,    perquisites,    etc.,    to    be    paid    into 

treasury   18        16        152 

to  be  paid  monthly 18        16        152 

SALE— 

of  property  by  city 1          1          26 

of  water  works  forbidden 13          7        124 

of  parks  and  squares,  how  may  be  made 4          8        126 

SALE  AND  LIVERY  STABLES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26          3          51 

SALOONS— 

[See  Dramshops.] 

power  to  license,  tax  or  suppress 26          3          51 

SANITARY  SYSTEM— 

power  to  establish 26          3          49 

SATISFACTION— 

of  special  tax  bills,  entry  of 25          6        115 

SATURDAY— 

half   holiday    UN        4          62 

SCALES— 

power  to  regulate  and  establish  standard  of . .     26          3          52 

inspection   of    30          4          71 

SCHEME— 

mayor  to  promulgate  in  pamphlet  form 5        16        148 

SCHOOLS— 

[See  Public  Schools.] 
SCHOOL  PURPOSES— 

tax  for  4          13        141 

SEAL— 

power  to  have  and  use  a  common  seal 1          1 

register  to  have  custody  of 23          4          67 

to  affix  same  to  public  instruments  and  official 

acts  of  mayor 23          4          68 

to  certify  under  to   copies  of   original  docu- 
ments         23  4  68 

SESSIONS— 

[See  Municipal  Assembly.] 

annual    11          3          44 

special    18          4          64 

SET  OFF— 

damages   and    benefits   in    condemnation    pro- 
ceedings       -11          6        100 

SEWER  COMMISSIONER— 

term  of  office  of 2          4          59 

to  be  appointed  by  mayor 3  4          59 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  243 

SEWER  COMMISSIONER— Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

shall  be  a  member  of  board  of  public  improve- 
ments    3  4  59 

approved   by   council 9  4  61 

shall  devote  his  whole  time  to  duties  of  his 

office  11  4  62 

shall  be  head  of  sewer  department 34  4  72 

shall  be  responsible  for  action  of  his  em- 
ployes    34  4  72 

shall  have  charge  of  all  sewers 36  4  72 

assembly  may  provide  additional  duties  and 

employes 42  4  74 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47  4  76 

SEWERS— 

[See  Special  Taxation.] 

power  to  construct  and  repair 26  3  49 

city  may  regulate  use  of 26  3  49 

construction,  repairs,  etc.,  of  all  sewers  to  be 

under  charge  of  sewer  commissioner 36  4  72 

condemnation  of  private  property  for 2  6  96 

classification  of  sewer  system 20  6  107 

public   sewers   defined 20  6  108 

district  sewers  defined 20  6  108 

joint  district  sewers  defined 20  6  108 

private  sewers   defined 20  6  108 

district  sewers,  establishment  and  construc- 
tion of 21  6  109 

district  may  be  changed 21  6  109 

special  taxation  for  authorized 21  6  109 

repairs  and  other  incidental  expense  paid  . 

by  city 21  6  109 

reconstruction  of,    permitted    at    expense 

of  property   21  6  110 

joint  district  sewers,  how  established. .  .• 22  6  110 

special     taxation     for     how    levied    and 

assessed    22  6  110 

when  territory  outside  of   city  limits  is 

drained,  apportionment  of  cost 22  6  J.ll 

may  be  constructed  in  sections 22  6  111 

private  sewers,  city  to  be  at  no  expense  for 

same     23  6  112 

sewers  and  drains  deemed  private 23  6  112 

may  be  acquired  by  city 23  6  112 

special  taxation  therefor  authorized 23  6  112 

connections  with  other  sewers,  compensa- 
tion for  at  option  of  city 23  6  112 


244  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

SEXTONS —  SEC.     ART.  PAGE. 

shall  make  a  weekly  report  of  interments...     11        12        140 

penalty  for  permitting  burial  without  certif- 
icate      *  12         12         140 

penalty   for   failure   to    report 13         12         140 

SHERIFF— 

[See  Scheme,  Section  5.] 

to  be  elected  for  four  years IN        4          59 

may  have  such  deputies  as  are  provided  by 

ordinance  14  4  62 

SHINGLES— 

power  to  collect  wharfage  on 26          3          50 

SHOWS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26          3          51 

SIDEWALKS— 

special  tax  for  construction  of 14          6        104 

contracts  for  construction  of 14  6         104 

6         106 
repairs   of 


V 18 

SINKING  FUND— 

f    1  5  79 

separate    funds    4     c          - 

I      b  5  ou 

v 

proceeds  from  water  rates 11          7        123 

proceeds  from  sale  or  lease  of  parks,  square, 

etc '.       4          8        126 

how  created,  kept,  held  and  for  what  purpose.       1        14        143 

municipal   assembly    to    make    appropriations 

each  year 2        14        143 

portion  not  used,  how  credited 2         14         143 

how  disbursements  are  to  be  made 3         14         143 

assets,  how  disposed  of 4        14        143 

the  bonds  of  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  railroad 

to  be  turned  over  to  comptroller 4        14        144 

if  any  sum  is  realized  on  the  same,  proceeds 

how   disposed   of 4         14         144 

SLAUGHTERING   ANIMALS— 

power  to  regulate  same 26 '         3          51 

SLAUGHTER  HOUSES— 

power  to  provide  for  the  erection  and  manage- 
ment of    26  3  52 

power  to  prohibit  within  certain  limits 26  3  52 

not  to  be  opened  within  300  feet  of  any  dwell- 
ing          34  3  57 

SMALLPOX— 

restrictions  as  to  treatment  of  patients 35  3  57 

SMOKEFLUES— 

power  to  regulate  construction  of 26  3  55 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  245 

SMOKESTACKS—                                                             SEC.  ART.    PAGE. 

power  to  regulate  construction  of 26  3          55 

SOAP  FACTORIES— 

power  to  prohibit  within  certain  limits .. .     26  3          52 

not  to  be  opened  within  300  feet  of  any  dwell- 
ing    34  3  57 

SPEAKER— 

[See  House  of  Delegates.] 

is  presiding  officer  of  house  of  delegates 8  3          43 

signing  bills  by 22  3           46 

act  as  mayor,  when 17  4           63 

SPECIAL  ORDINANCES— 

[See  Ordinances.] 
SPECIAL   SESSIONS— 

["See  Municipal  Assembly;  Sessions.] 
SPECIAL  TAXATION— 

[See  Streets,  Etc.,  Area  rule  and  Front  foot 
rule.] 

for  boulevards 1  6          94 

levied  and  assessed  according  to  frontage  and 

area,  apportionments   14  6        102 

(5  6           98 

to  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  liability -j  ^  g        --. 

(     5  6           98 

I    25  6         113 

to  be  a  lien  on  property <^    9Q  ft        1  n  Q 

zy  D        iiy 

(     6  12         133 

right  of  action  on,  exists |  25  115 

benefit  and  assessing  district,  how  estab- 
lished    14  6  103 

for  construction  of  sidewalks,  apportionment 

by  front  foot  rule 14  6  104 

(  14  6         105 

for  improvement  of  alleys -j  -g  g        -,«- 

f  18  6        106 

apportionment  of  cost  of  improvements j  22  6        110 

portions  paid  by  city    and    property    owner 

respectively  18  6        106 

no  express  charter  limit 18  6        106 

for  district  sewers 21  6        109 

for   joint    district   sewers 22  6        110 

for   private    sewers 23  6        112 

for  street   sprinkling 29  6        119 


246  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

SPECIAL  TAX  BILLS—                                                 SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

marshal  to  serve  notice  of \  OK 

|  Zo  o  llo 

to  be  authenticated  by  president  of    board  of  <  41  4  74 

public  improvements    I  24  6  112 

name  of  owner,  condemnation 5  6  97 

f  21  6  109 

name  of  owner,  sewer  work •{  00 

I    ZZ  D  111 

how  made  out,  registered  and  delivered 24  6  112 

making  out  and  signing 24  6  112 

delivery    24  6  112 

(  24  6  112 

non-liability  of   city   on \  25  g  114 

place  of  payment  to  be  designated 24  6  113 

collected  in  name  of  contractor 25  6  113 

rates  of  interest  on 25  6  113 

action  for  false  return 25  6  113 

suit  by  attachment  against  non-resident  on . .     25  6  113 
certified     bill     is     prima     facie     evidence — de- 
fenses         25  6  114 

certain,  to  be  divided  into  parts  and  may  be 

paid   in   installments 25  6  114 

name  of  owner,  all  special  tax  bill 25  6  114 

bad   workmanship   a  defense 25  6  114 

interest  on   25  6  115 

effect  of  non-payment  of  interest  or  install- 
ments when  due 25  6  115 

limitation  of  lien  of -25  6  115 

entry  of  satisfaction  of 25  6  115 

c  25  6  115 

payment  of   |  26  6  116 

may  be  assigned — formality  required 26  6  116 

for  street  sprinkling 29  6  119 

for  abating  nuisances 6  12  138 

SPRINKLING — 

[See  Street  Sprinkling.] 

SQUARES— 

[See  Public  Grounds;  Parks.] 

city  may  establish,  regulate,  etc 26  3  49 

STABLES— 

[See  Livery  Stables;  Sale  and  Livery  Stables.] 

city  may  regulate  use  of  light  in 26  3  55 

STATIONARY  ENGINEERS— 

may  be  licensed 26  3  52 

STAVES— 

power  to  collect  wharfage  on 26  3  50 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  247 

STEAM  BOILERS —  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

may  provide  for  inspection  of 26  3  52 

may  license  engineers  using 26          3          52 

STOCK  DRIVING— 

power  to  prevent  same  through  city 26          3          51 

STOCK  YARDS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  proprietors 

of    26          3          51 

power  to  prohibit  same  within  certain  limits.     26          3          52 
STONE  COAL— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  weighing  of 26          3          52 

STONE  QUARRY— 
[See  Quarries.] 
STORAGE— 

power  to  regulate  storage  of  gunpowder,  etc . .     26          3          55 
STOVE— 

may  remove  or  prevent  construction  of 26          3          55 

STREETS,  ALLEYS,  ETC.— 

power   to   open,   vacate,   improve,   sprinkling, 

etc 26          3          49 

power  to  grade,  light,  clean  and  repair 26          3          49 

vacation  of  26          3          49 

(    1  6  93 

board  of  public  improvements  to  recommend  I    2          6          9~6 
all  ordinances    for    street    improvements^  14          6        101 

and   openings t  I  17          6        106 

^  27  6         117 

lots,  etc.,  to  conform  to  established  street 1          6          93 

map  or  plat  of  new  blocks,  etc.,  to  bear  cer- 
tificate of  responsible  surveyor 16          93 

map  or  plat  to  be  approved  by  board  of  public 

improvements    1          6          93 

dedication  to  public  use  of  streets,  alleys  and 

public   places    1          6          93 

city  not  liable  for  damages  for  taking  build- 
ing on  proposed,  when 1          6          93 

limitations  as  to  heavy  hauling  and  business 

traffic,   conditions    1          6          93 

boulevards,   conditions   for  the  establishment 

of    1  6  94 

(    1          6  94 

private   places    |  15          6        1Q5 

discontinuance  of  boulevards 1  6  95 

opening,  widening  and  altering  same  can  only 

be  done   on  recommendation  of  board   of 

public  improvements  2  6  96 

improvements  te  be  done  under  contract 27  6  116 


248  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

STREETS,  ALLEYS,  ETC.— Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

condemnation  of  private  property  for 2  6  96 

city  counselor  to  conduct  proceedings 2  6  96 

form   of  petition 2  6  96 

parties  defendant   2  6  96 

notice  to  defendants 3  6  97 

process  to  be  served  by  city  marshal 3  6  97 

notice  by  publication 3  6  97 

commissioners  to   assess   damages 4  6  97 

commissioners  to   be  freeholders 4  6  97 

majority  to  make  report 4  6  97 

duty  of  commissioners  as    to    damages    and 

benefits   5  6  97 

assessment  of  benefits  to  be    a    lien    against 

from  date  of  final  judgment 5  6  98 

benefits  in  opening  alleys,  by  whom  paid 5  6  98 

report  of   commissioners   to   be   made   under 

oath 6  6  98 

report  may    be    reviewed    by    circuit    court, 

when 7  6  98 

cost  of  proceedings,  how  paid 8  6  99 

report  of  commissioners  to  be   submitted   to 

assembly    ,\ 9  6  99 

failure  to  approve  or  disapprove 9  6  99 

right  of  city  to  withdraw  proceedings 9  6  99 

withdrawal  to  be  a  bar  for  ten  years 9  6  99 

proceedings  may  be  renewed,  when 9  6  99 

final    action    of    court     to     be     reported     to 

comptroller    10  6  100 

copy  to  be  furnished  to  assembly 10  6  100 

appropriation  to  pay  damages 10  6  100 

failure  to  appropriate  to  operate  as  dismissal.  10  6  100 

damages  to  be  paid  into  court,  when 11  6  100 

improvements  to  proceed,  when 11  6  101 

condemnation   for  particular  uses 12  6  101 

meeting   of   board    to    consider   proposed    im- 
provements      14  6  101 

)14  6  101 

o  -,._ 

17  b  lOb 

18  6  106 

vote  of  board 14  6  102 

guarantee   and   repair 14  6  102 

partial  grading  of 14  6  105 

specifications    in     ordinances     to     be     recom- 
mended by  board 15  6  105 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  249 

STREETS,  ALLEYS,  ETC.— Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 
must  be  established  and  dedicated  before  im- 
provements are  ordered 15  6  105 

vote  of  assembly  on  improvement  bills 16  6  106 

apportionment  of  cost  of  improvement 18  6  106 

the  portion  to  be  paid  by  city 18  6  106 

city  to  pay  damages    caused    by    change    of 

grade,  when   19  6  107 

special  tax  bills  for,  how  made  out 24  6  112 

improvements  to  be  done  under  contract 27  6  116 

ordinances  for  opening  of,   repealed 4  16  148 

pending  cases  to  be  conducted  under  former 

charter    4  16*  148 

STREET  COMMISSIONER— 

term  of  office 2  4  59 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor 3  4  59 

shall  be  a  member  of  board  of  public  improve- 
ments      3  4  59 

approved   by   council 9  4  61 

shall  devote  whole  time  to  duties  of  office 11  4  62 

shall  be  head  of  street  department 34  4  72 

responsible  for  action  of  his  employes 34  4  72 

shall  have  charge  of  construction,  reconstruc- 
tion,   repairing   and   cleaning   of   streets, 

alleys,    etc 35  4  72 

assembly  may  provide  additional  duties  and 

employes   for    42  4  74 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor 47  4  76 

STREET  EXHIBITIONS— 

power  to  license*,  tax  or  regulate 26  3  51 

STREET  RAILROAD  CARS— 

owner  to  license,  tax  or  regulate 26  3  51 

STREET  RAILROADS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate '  26  3  51 

city  may    regulate    fares,    trips,    repairs    of 

tracks,  kinds  of  rails  and  vehicles 26  3  54 

free  passes   on,  forbidden 26  3  54 

power   to   grant  franchises 26  3  54 

power  to  sell  franchise  or  right  of  way 1  10  131 

power  of  assembly  in  reference  to 1  10  131 

power  to  impose  per  capita  tax  on  passengers .  1  10  131 

power  to  impose  tax  on  gross  receipts 1  10  131 

all  companies  hereafter  incorporated  to  be  sub- 
ject  to    charter 1  10  131 

assembly  may  regulate  running  of  cars 2  10  131 

may  regulate  rates  of  fares 2  10  131 

may  tax  property  of  companies 2  10  131 


authorized    j 


250  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

STREET  RAILROADS— Continued.  SEC.  ART.   PAGE. 

surrender  of  franchise,  how  effected 3  10        131 

uniform  gauge  required 4  10        132 

width  of  rail  prescribed 4  10        132 

company  to  keep    streets    between    rails    in 

perfect  repair  5  10        132 

companies  to  give  bond   5  10        132 

right  of  one  company  to  run  cars  on  track  of 

another 6  10        132 

franchises  to  be  forfeited  unless  put  in  use 

within  one  year,  when 7  10        132 

STREET  SPRINKLING— 

26  3           49 

,  29  6         119 

special  tax  bills  therefor  issued   in  favor  of 

city    29  6         119 

contracts  made  annually  by  board  of  public 

improvements    29  6        119 

sprinkling   districts    29  6        119 

date  of  special  tax  lien — interest 29  6        119 

cost  of  sprinkling^paid  out  of  city  treasury . .  29  6        119 

city  reimbursed  by  special  tax  bills 29  6        119 

special  taxation  for  street  sprinkling  author- 
ized      29  6         119 

SUBJECT— 

must  be  clearly  expressed  in  title 13  44 

SUBPOENA  DIJCES  TECUM— 

assembly's  power  to  issue 31          3          56 

SUITS- 

[See  Actions.] 

SUPERINTENDENTS— 

of  work  house,  how  appointed 2  4  59 

of  city  hospital,  how  appointed 5  12  137 

of  female  hospital,  how  appointed 5  12  137 

of  insane  asylum,  how  appointed 5  12  137 

of  quarantine,  how  appointed 5  12  137 

SUPERINTENDENT     OP     FIRE     AND     POLICE 
TELEGRAPH— 

[See  Fire  and  Police  Telegraph.] 
how  appointed  2          4          59 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  HOUSE  OF  REFUGE— 
[See  House  of  Refuge.] 
how  appointed   2          4          59 

SUPPLIES— 

[See  Commissioner  of  Supplies.] 


INXED  TO  CHARTER.  251 

SUSPENSION—                                                      SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

[See  Council;  Mayor;  Oflices  and  Officers.] 

of  public  work  on  complaint  ................     28  6        118 

SYRUPS— 

may   regulate  inspection   of  .................     26  3          52 


TAXES— 

[See  License  Tax;  Licenses  and  various  call- 
ings,   Etc.;     Revenue;     Special    Taxation; 
Special  Tax  Bills.] 

power  to  levy  and  collect  general  taxes  ......  26  3  48 

on   occupations,   etc  .........................  26  3  51 

assembly  forbidden  to  remit  .................  30  3  56 

collector  to  collect  all  city,  state  and  school 

taxes    ..................................  24  4  68 

rates  for  various  purposes  specified  ..........  1  5  79 

rates   for   erecting  public  buildings,   how  in- 

creased   ................................  1  5  79 

municipal  assembly  to  levy,  assess  and  collect 

for  all  purposes   ........................  1  5  78 

r   1  5  79 

classification  of  taxes  .......................  -J  «  g  80 

payment  of,  how  enforced  ..............  .....  3  5  80 

taxes  collected  for  interest  and  public  debt  to 

be  kept  distinct  ........................  6  5  SO 

assessment  of,  in  city  .......................  15  5  82 

when  assessment  shall  commence  and  end.  ...  16  5  83 

board   of   equalization  .......................  24  5  85 

'    state,  school  and  city  bills,  how  prepared  .....  26  5  87 

bills  to  be  delivered  to  comptroller  ..........  26  5  87 

receipt  of  collector  for  bills  .................  26  5  87 

ordinance  to  establish  percentage  of  by 

fourth  Monday  in  May  of  each  year  ......  27  5  87 

failure  to  establish  percentage,  last  previously 

established  prevails   ....................  27  5  87 

comptroller  may  correct  manifest  errors  in  .  .  28  5  87 
authority  of  comptroller  in  reference  to  delin- 

quent taxes  and  "sale  of  land  for  taxes".  .29  5  88 

rebate  of  8  per  cent  allowed  on  bills,  when.  .  .  32  5  89 

for   schools,   assessment  of  ..................  2  13  141 

for  schools,  collection  of  .....................  3  13  141 

for   schools,   rate   of  .  .  .  .....................  4  13  141 

school  taxes  in  extended  limits  and  when 

remitted     ..............................  5  13  142 

to  be  unaffected  by  charter,  when  ............  2  16  147 


252 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


TAX  BILLS— 

[See  Special  Tax  Bills.] 
TELEGRAPH  COMPANIES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate.... 
TENEMENT  HOUSES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 

THEATRICAL  EXHIBITIONS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 

TICKETS— 

blank  forms  of,  how  issued 

unused  to  be  returned 

TIPPLING  HOUSES— 

[See   Dramshops.] 

power  to  license,  regulate  or  suppress. , 
TIRES— 

power  to  regulate  width  of 

TITLE— 

[See  Ordinances.] 

of  bill  insufficiency  of,  to  re-enact 

TITLE  EXAMINERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 

TONNAGE— 

[See  Wharfage.] 
TOWBOATS— 

power  to  regulate  and  license 

TRADES— 

power  to  license,  regulate  or  suppress. 
TREASURER— 

to  be  elected  for  four  years 

duties  of    . 


all   collections    by    officers    to    be    deposited 
with    . 


SEC. 

26 
26 
26 

5 

8 

26 
26 

18 
26 

26 
26 

1 

22 

f  22 

24 

30 


9 
118 

shall  report  delinquencies  to  mayor 22 

(22 

shall  issue  triplicate  receipts  to  party  paying  I    7 
money    j  31 

.  I  9 

shall  make  all  payments  on  pay-rolls 22 

his  books  to  be  open,  to  inspection  of  mayor, 

etc 22 

shall  report  balance  in  treasury  to  mayor  and 

comptroller  daily    22 


ART.  PAGE. 

3  51 

3  50 

3  51 


4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
5 
5 
9 

16 
4 
4 
5 
5 


80 
81 


51 
51 

46 
51 

50 
51 

59 
66 

•66 
68 
71 
80 
89 

123 

152 
67 
67 
80 
89 

123 
67 

67 
67 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  253 

TREASURER—  Continued.                                               SEC.  ART.    PAGE. 

shall  give  bond  in  not  less  than  $500,000  .....     22  4           67 

shall   assist  in   selecting   bank    for    city    de- 

posits   ................  :  ................     22  4           67 

(47  4           76 

reP°rt  of    ..................................  J48  4           76 

duties  as  to  payment  of  damages  in  condemna- 

tion proceedings   .........  .  .............     10  6        100 

TURPENTINE— 

may  regulate  inspection  of  ..................     26  3          52 


UNDERTAKERS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ...........     26          3          50 

duties  of  in  reference  to  burial  certificates..     10        12        140 

V 

VACANCY— 

[See  Council;    House    of    Delegates;    Mayor; 
Offices  and  Officers.] 

in  assembly,  how  filled  ......................       7  3  43 

VAULTS— 

may  regulate  and  prohibit  building  ..........     26          3  53 

VEGETABLES— 

may  regulate  inspection  and  vending  of  .....     26          3          52 

may  restrain  and  punish  forestalling  of  ......     26          3          52 

VEHICLES— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate  ..........     26          3          51 

VENEREAL  HOSPITALS— 

power  to  license,  tax  or  suppress  .............     26          3          51 

VESSELS  — 

r  26  3  50 

power  to  regulate  anchoring  and  mooring  of  ,  J    5          7        129 

(5  8         129 

VETO— 

[See  Mayor;  Ordinances.] 
VINEGAR— 

may  regulate  inspection  of  ..................     26          3          52 

VITRIOL  FACTORIES— 

power  to  prohibit  within  certain  limits  ......     26          3          52 

VOTE— 

Assembly  —  Two-thirds  Vote  : 

may  expel  members  .........................       8  3  43 

pass  emergency  clause  in  bill  ................     21  3  46 

pass  bill  over  mayor's  veto  ..................     25          3          48 

remit  taxes  or  compromise  claims  ............     30          3          56 

increase  police  justices  ......................     27          4          69 


254  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

VOTE— Continued.  SEC.     ABT.    PAGE. 

Assembly — Two-thirds  Vote — Continued. 

create    new    offices 45          4          75 

pass  improvement  bills  with  remonstrance..     16          6        106 

laying  of   water   pipes 5          7        121 

second  printing  of  public  documents 2        15        146 

Assembly — Majority  Vote : 

pass   bill    16          3          45 

amend   bill    17          3          46 

improvement  bills  without  remonstrance 16          6        106 

printing  mayor's  message 2        15        146 

Assembly — Three-fourths  Vote : 
to  distribute  duties  and  abrogate  offices 32          3          57 

Council — Two-thirds  Vote: 
remove  elected  officers 12          4          62 

Council — Majority  Vote: 

remove  suspended  officers 6          4          60 

remove  appointed  officers 8          4          61 

confirm  mayor's  appointments 9          4          61 

elect  where  no  nomination  is  submitted 9          4          61 

Board  of  Public  Improvements — Two-thirds  Vote: 

recommend  ordinance  with  remonstrance 14          6        102 

Board  of  Public  Improvements — Majority  Vote: 
recommend  ordinance  without  remonstrance.     14          6        102 

Fund  Commissioners — Unanimous  Vote: 

selecting  bank  for  city  deposits 22          4          67 

Qualified  Voters — Two-thirds  Vote: 
to  increase  rate  of  taxation  for  public  build- 
ings          1          5          79 

to  increase  debt,  Section  12,  Article  X,  State 
Constitution    

Qualified   Voters — Majority  Vote: 

to  issue  bonds,   Section  12,   Article  X,   State 
Constitution    

Qualified  Voters — Three-fifths  Vote: 
to   amend  Charter,   Section    22,    Article    IX, 
State   Constitution    . 


WAGONAGE— 

power  to  fix  rates  of 26  3  51 

WAGONS— 

power  to  license,  tax  and  regulate 26  3  51 

WALLS— 

dangerous,  to  be  removed 26          3          54 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  255 

WARDS—  SEC.        AET.     PAGE. 


city  to  be  divided  into  twenty-eight  wards... 

3 

1 

27 

First  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

27 

Second  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

28 

Third  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

28 

Fourth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

28 

Fifth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

29 

Sixth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

29 

Seventh  Ward,   boundaries   of  

3 

1 

30 

Eighth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

30 

Ninth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

30 

Tenth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

31 

Eleventh  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

31 

Twelfth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

31 

Thirteenth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

32 

Fourteenth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

32 

Fifteenth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

32 

Sixteenth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

33 

Seventeenth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

33 

Eighteenth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

33 

Nineteenth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

34 

Twentieth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

34 

Twenty-first  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

34 

Twenty-second  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

35 

Twenty-third  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

35 

Twenty-fourth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

35 

Twenty-fifth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

36 

Twenty-sixth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

36 

Twenty-seventh  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

37 

Twenty-eighth  Ward,  boundaries  of  

3 

1 

37 

correction  of  ward  limits  every  five  years  

4 

1 

38 

permanent    division    lines  

4 

1 

38 

WATER    COMMISSIONER— 

term  of  office  

2 

4 

59 

shall  be  appointed  by  mayor  •! 

3 
1 

4 

7 

59 
120 

shall  be  a  member  of  board  of  public  improve- 

ments     

3 

4 

59 

approved   by  council  

9 

4 

61 

34 

4 

72 

37 

4 

73 

1 

7 

120 

shall  have  supervision  of  entire  water  works 

department  except  water  rates  

37 

4 

73 

assembly  may  provide  additional  duties  for.  .  . 

42 

4 

74 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor  

47 

4 

76 

term  of  office  and  bond  

1 

7 

120 

256  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

WATER  COMMISSIONER— Continued.  SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

appointment    of    subordinates 1  7  120 

shall  assume  charge  of  water  works 2  7  120 

contracts  for  work  to  be  approved  by  council.  3  7  121 

to  lay  water  pipe,  when 5  7  121 

may  enforce  use  of  water,  when 6  7  121 

WATER  PIPES— 

connection  can  only  be  made  under  permit. .  13  6  101 

WATER  RATES— 

[See  Assessor  and  Collector  of  Water  Rates.] 

assessment  and  collection  of 7  7  122 

issue   of   water  licenses 10  7  123 

municipal  assembly  may   regulate 11  7  123 

to  be  fixed  so  as  to  pay  expenses  and  interest 

on    water   bonds 12  7  124 

exceptional   discrimination   forbidden 12  7  124 

WATER  WORKS— 

city  may  purchase  and  hold  property  for 1  1  25 

power  to  establish  and  maintain 26  3  49 

(3  4  59 

commissioner  be  appointed  by  mayor 1  1  7  120 

9  4  61 

confirmed  by  council ^  „  12<) 

{07  A  73 

1  7  120 

condemnation  of  private  property  for  route  (  2  6  96 

of  water  pipe,  etc |  4  7  121 

regulations  for  pipe  connections 13  6  101 

to  be  under  control  and  management  of  water 

commissioner  1  7  120 

shall  be  duly  qualified  engineer 1  7  120 

term  of  office  and  bond 1  7  120 

appointment  of  subordinates 1  7  120 

commissioner  to  assume  charge  of  water 

works  2  7  120 

to  enforce  the  performance  of  existing  con- 
tracts   2  7  120 

present  board  of  commissioners  to  turn  over 

property,-  2  7  120 

term  of  board  of  water  commissioners  and 

their  appointees  to  cease,  when 2  7  120 

comissioner  to  let  contracts 3  7  121 

all  contracts  to  be  approved  by  council 3  7  121 

city  to  be  liable  for  damages  for  real  estate 

taken  for  4  7  121 

laying  of  water  pipe  on  streets  and  alleys...  5  7  121 

commissioner  shall  lay  pipe 5  7  121 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  257 

WATER  WORKS— Continued.                                       SEC.  ART.  PAGE. 

cost  of  pipe,  how  paid 5  7  121 

commissioner  may   require   owners   of   build- 
ings to  take  out  license,  when 6  7  121 

penalty  for  failure  to  comply. . . . 6  7  122 

assessment  and  collection  of  water  rates 7  7  122 

collections  to  be  paid  into  treasury  daily 9  7  123 

issue   of  water   licenses 10  7  123 

assembly  may  regulate  rates 11  7  123 

revenue  from,  how  applied. 11  7  123 

redemption  of  water  bonds 11  7  123 

fund  to  be  provided  to  pay  interest  and  prin-/ll  7  123 

cipal  of  water  bonds 1 13  7  124 

exceptional    discriminations    forbidden 12  7  124 

cannot  be  sold  or  disposed  of. 13  7  124 

provision  to  be  made  for  extension  of 13  7  124 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES— 

[See  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures.] 

power  to  regulate  and  establish  standard  of..     26  3  52 

power  to  provide  for  inspection  of  same 26  3  52 

inspector  of,  duties  and  compensation 30  4  71 

WHARF— 

[See     Harbor     and     Wharf     Commissioner; 

Harbor  and  Wharf  Department.] 

power  to  regulate,  etc 26  3  49 

49 

power  to  establish,  improve,  etc 26  3  {50 

may  set  aside  portions  of  improved  for  special 

purposes  26  3  50 

lease  of  not  to  exceed  fifty  years 26  3  50 

power  to  erect,  repair  and  regulate 26  3  50 

power  to  lease  portions  of 26  3  50 

shall  be  under  charge  of  harbor  and  wharf 

commissioner 38  4  73 

condemnation  of  private  property  for 2  6  96 

WHARFAGE— 

power  to  charge  wharfage  and  tonnage  dues.  .26  3  50 

to  be  collected  by  collector..  .  /  24 

\    6  9  129 

power  of  assembly  to  levy  and  collect 4  5  80 

on  what  articles 26  3  90 

bills  to  be  made  out  by  commissioner 6  9  129 

proceeds  of  to  be  credited  to  harbor  fund 7  9  129 


258  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

WHARF  BOATS  —  SEC.      ART.    PAGE. 

•-*.«.  ..{268    ;    » 

owners  of  forbidden  to   receive  commissions, 

when   ..................................  9  9  130 

penalty    for   violating   provisions    of    charter, 

when      .................................  9  9  130 

not  to  affect  wharfage  dues  .................  10  9  130 

WHISKEY— 

may  regulate  inspection  of  ..................  26  3  52 

WINES— 

may  regulate  inspection  of  ..................  26  3  52 

WITNESSES— 

power  to  fix  compensation  of  ................  26  3  53 

assembly  may  compel  attendance  of  .........  31  3  56 

WOODEN  BUILDINGS— 
[See  Buildings.] 

WORK  HOUSE— 

city  may  purchase  and  hold  property  for....  1  1  26 

power  to  erect,  purchase  or  rent  .............  26  3  49 

commitments    to    same  ......................  26  3  53 

imprisonment  not  to  exceed  six  months  ......  26  3  54 

persons  committed  to  be  compelled  to  work..  26  3  54 

fifty  cents  per  day  to  be  allowed  for  work.  ...  26  3  54 

superintendent  of  to  be  appointed  by  mayor.  2  4  59 

term  of  office  four  years  .....................  2  4  59 

first  appointment  to  be  for  two  years  .........  2  4  59 

to  be  approved  by  council  ...................  9  4  61 

shall  make  annual  reports  to  mayor  ..........  47  4  76 

WORLD'S  FAIR  BONDS— 

constitutional    amendments    affecting    Article 
X,    Section  12,  State  Constitution  ........ 


YEAS  AND  NAYS— 

[See  Municipal  Assembly;   Ordinances;   Vote.] 


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